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TXC481-230515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

936 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR WHARTON

COUNTY...

...DANGEROUS FLOOD EVENT CONTINUES...



AT 931 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING NEAR EL CAMPO. THE EL CAMPO 

POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT MANY STREETS IN EL CAMPO WERE WATER 

COVERED. SOME OF THE STREETS WERE BECOMING IMPASSABLE. THE HEAVIEST 

RAIN HAD BEGUN TO SHIFT EAST INTO FORT BEND COUNTY...BUT ANOTHER 1/2 

TO 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY 1030 PM.   



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

WHARTON...EL CAMPO AND BOLING-IAGO.



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.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...OR

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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2930 9644 2918 9645 2915 9621 2926 9592

      2938 9600



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