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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

915 AM CST SUN NOV 21 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1215 PM CST



* AT 900 AM CST...THE JACKSON COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

REPORTED MANY ROADS IN EDNA DN GANADO REMAIN IMPASSABLE FROM HIGH 

WATER. HOMES ALSO REMAIN FLOODED IN GANADO. A NEARLY STATIONARY 

FRONT DRAPED ALONG THE U.S. 59 CORRIDOR HAS ALLOWED STORMS TO 

REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREA. AT THIS TIME ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN IS EXPECTED BY 11 AM AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE 

POSSIBLE. THIS IS BECOMING A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

 CORDELE...GANADO AND MORALES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND

ADJACENT TO SMALL CREEKS AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...FRONTAGE ROADS...

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES...FARM-TO-MARKET AND OTHER SECONDARY ROADS MAY

FLOOD. 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND BAYOUS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 2908 9684 2900 9676 2908 9651 2922 9667



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