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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1028 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005



TXC201-300515-

HARRIS-

1028 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR HARRIS

COUNTY...



AT 1028 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING WAS REPORTED NEAR

ALDINE.   



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE COUNTY.



A CORRIDOR OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM HIGHWAY 290 NORTHEAST ACROSS 

ALDINE TO HUMBLE TO LAKE HOUSTON TO THE EASTERN COUNTY LINE. 

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WERE REPORTED ALONG THIS 

SWATH...AMOUNTS NEAR 8 INCHES OCCURRED ALONG THE EASTERN COUNTY LINE 

NEAR CROSBY. 



A PERSISTENT CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER THE COUNTY WILL MERGE WITH A 

THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX RACING IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST BRINGING VERY 

STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS WILL SQUEEZE OUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A 

VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME



STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 



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.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.



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 3006 9506 3002 9507 2998 9502 2978 9494

      2963 9533 2962 9548 2966 9552 2981 9579

      2996 9580 3008 9542 3003 9527 3015 9509



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