

000 

WGUS74 KHGX 281509

FFSHGX

TXC239-481-281545-

/X.CON.KHGX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060528T1545Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

WHARTON TX-JACKSON TX-

1001 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1001 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR JACKSON AND

WHARTON COUNTIES...



AT 957 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A STRONG POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG THE 

JACKSON AND WHARTON COUNTY LINES. AT 10 AM JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF 

REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN GANADO WITH WATER GETTING IN SOME 

BUILDINGS. RADAR ESTIMATES 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE AREA. A 

NEARLY STATIONARY CLUSTER OF STORMS HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY 

STRENGTHENING AND WEAKENING. THE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY HEAVY WITH 

HOURLY RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS IS 

BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WITHIN THE HOUR. 



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

GANADO...LOUISE...CORDELE...RURAL AREAS ALONG THE JACKSON WHARTON 

COUNTY LINE.



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 OR OTHER 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 2897 9656 2907 9635 2925 9643 2915 9671



$$

