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HARRIS TX-BRAZORIA TX-

530 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

530 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR BRAZORIA AND

HARRIS COUNTIES...



AT 525 AM CDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING COMING IN FROM LOCAL 

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS. DANGEROUS FLASH 

FLOODING WAS OCCURING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOOKS AIRPORT TO 

NEAR THE MEDICAL CENTER TO NEAR HOBBY WHERE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS 

STILL OCCURRING. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS ALONG THE 

INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR FROM DOWNTOWN HOUSTON EASTWARD. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THESE HARD HIT AREA POSSIBLE.



TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL RAINFALL LETS UP HIGH WATER RESCUES 

ARE IN PROGRESS. 



RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 7.83 HAVE BEEN MEASURED IN HARRIS 

COUNTY BETWEEN ALDINE TO HIGHLAND TO PASADENA TO NEAR HOBBY AIRPORT 

TO BELLAIRE.



EXTREMELY INTENSE RAINFALL OF 5.75 INCHES HAS FALLEN NEAR HOBBY 

AIRPORT IN 75 MINUTES. 



HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOING HIGH WATER RESCUES AT BELFORT AND 

TELEPHONE ROAD.



WASHBURN TUNNEL IS FLOOD AND IMPASSABLE.



UNDERPASSES AT INTERSTATE 10 AND FEDERAL ARE UNDERWATER.



INTERSTATE 10 AT GARTH ROAD FEEDER ROADS CLOSED.



INTERSTATE 10 HAS FLOODING BETWEEN NORMANDY AND UVALDE.



BELTWAY 8 EAST AT INTERSTATE 10 TO ATASCOSITA IMPASSABLE AT GARRETT.



BELTWAY 8 AT HIGHWAY 90 AND AT WOOD FOREST ARE IMPASSABLE.



FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 288 NEAR HOLMES ROAD NEARLY IMPASSABLE. 



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

THE MEDICAL CENTER...SPLASHTOWN...RELIANT PARK...MINUTE MAID PARK...

HOBBY AIRPORT...HERMAN PARK...THE GALLERIA...BUSH-INTERCONTINENTAL

AIRPORT...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...SPRING VALLEY...SPRING...SOUTHSIDE

PLACE...SOUTH HOUSTON...SHELDON...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...PEARLAND...

PASADENA...MANVEL...LA PORTE...JERSEY VILLAGE...JACINTO CITY...

HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...HUMBLE...HIGHLANDS...HEDWIG VILLAGE...GALENA

PARK...DEER PARK...CLOVERLEAF...CHANNELVIEW...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE...

BELLAIRE...BAYTOWN AND ALDINE.



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.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR THE WARNED AREA.



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 2977 9487 2979 9503 2984 9506 2992 9508

      3015 9554 2981 9582 2960 9547 2944 9533

      2957 9520 2957 9515



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