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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

405 AM CST SUN NOV 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 700 AM CST



* AT 401 AM CST...WIDESPREAD FLOODING OCCURRING LOUISE AND ACROSS 

THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS 

REPORT THAT HIGHWAY 59 MAY BE CLOSED AT LOUISE. A LARGE CLUSTER OF 

THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM DANEVANG TO 

EL CAMPO TO NEAR WHARTON TO NEAR BOLING. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

 LOUISE...DANEVANG...EL CAMPO...AND WHARTON.



RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE 

CLUSTER OF STORMS. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 1 INCH PER 

HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 



WITH THE GROUND SO SATURATED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL OCCUR FROM 

HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO MASSIVE PONDING AND FLOODING OF LAND 

ADJACENT TO CREEKS AND BAYOUS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 

ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON...STREETS...FRONTAGE 

ROADS...AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS 

THE GROUND



SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER

SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE GROUND



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...

OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2948 9608 2942 9599 2935 9597 2931 9591

      2925 9592 2914 9601 2898 9632 2923 9663

      2929 9656 2938 9640 2946 9632 2954 9612



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