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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

522 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 517 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR DOWNTOWN TO 

THE HOBBY AIRPORT REGION DOWN THE INTERSTATE 45 CORRIDOR TO TEXAS 

CITY. HARRIS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE INDICATED 

THAT RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN ALONG THIS CORRIDOR BETWEEN 420 AND 520 AM. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

 CHANNELVIEW...CLOVERLEAF...DEER PARK...GALENA PARK...JACINTO CITY...

 LA PORTE...PASADENA...SOUTH HOUSTON...HOBBY 

AIRPORT...WEBSTER...CLEAR LAKE...DICKINSON...AND TEXAS CITY.



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.



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.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL  FOR THE WARNED AREA.



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 2979 9504 2972 9499 2972 9501 2955 9501

      2950 9491 2932 9489 2940 9471 2930 9476

      2922 9493 2918 9497 2916 9502 2922 9509

      2932 9521 2959 9542 2969 9558 3001 9561

      3006 9555



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