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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1000 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 100 PM CST



* AT 953 AM CST...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER MUCH OF WHARTON 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OF THE U.S. 59 CORRIDOR. RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL PERSIST FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 

HOUR. THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON SATURATED GROUNDS FROM LAST NIGHTS 

RAINFALL OF 10 TO 13 INCHES.  



THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLOOD EVENT



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

 EL CAMPO AND PIERCE.



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



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 9643 2923 9619 2941 9629 2924 9658



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