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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

100 PM 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 400 PM CST



* AT 1258 PM CST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST OVER WHARTON 

COUNTY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED...AN ADDITIONAL 1 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BY 3 PM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN 

WILL ONLY COMPOUND THE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE COUNTY.



* 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 2924 9655 2904 9627 2924 9594 2947 9617



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