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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

350 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR EL CAMPO. EMERGENCY

  MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN

  AT PIERCE...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  EL CAMPO AND PIERCE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE 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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DEPTH AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING

IS OBSERVED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS

TO RISE.



PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL 

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2955 9613 2923 9660 2898 9632 2924 9588



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