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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

815 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 815 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10  

  MILES WEST OF JERSEY VILLAGE TO THE HOUSTON AND BELLAIRE AREA TO   

  FRIENDSWOOD TO LEAGUE CITY TO SANTA FE TO TEXAS CITY. NUMEROUS     

  MAIN ROADS AND FEEDER ROADS ACROSS THE AREA ARE UNDER WATER.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

 BACLIFF...CLEAR LAKE SHORES...EL LAGO...HOUSTON...JERSEY VILLAGE...

 KEMAH...NASSAU BAY...PASADENA...SAN LEON...SOUTH HOUSTON...TAYLOR

 LAKE VILLAGE...TEXAS CITY...WEBSTER...GALVESTON...ELLINGTON FIELD...

 HERMAN PARK...HOBBY AIRPORT...JOHNSON SPACE CENTER...KEMAH

 BOARDWALK...MINUTE MAID PARK...PORT BOLIVAR AND THE MEDICAL CENTER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST HARRIS 

COUNTY AND UP TO 5 INCHES IN GALVESTON COUNTY ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH 

FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AROUND LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 5 

TO MORE THAN 10 INCHES OF RAIN.



THIS CONTINUES TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 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.



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



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND BAYOUS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM 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 3011 9575 2983 9564 2969 9543 2961 9524

      2925 9480 2938 9465 2977 9531 2982 9528

      2995 9549 3008 9565



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