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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

956 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 NOON CDT



* AT 951 AM CDT...FLOODING PERSISTS ACROSS MUCH OF GALVESTON AND

  HARRIS COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN AND SOUTHERN

  HARRIS COUNTIES SOUTHEAST TO TEXAS CITY.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

 BACLIFF...CLEAR LAKE SHORES...DICKINSON...EL LAGO...FRIENDSWOOD...

 GALENA PARK...HOUSTON...JACINTO CITY...KEMAH...LEAGUE CITY...NASSAU

 BAY...PASADENA...SAN LEON...SOUTH HOUSTON...TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE...  

 WEBSTER...THE MEDICAL CENTER.



THE RAINFALL IS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH OVER HARRIS COUNTY BUT HEAVY 

RAINFALL PERSISTS OVER GALVESTON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF LESS THAN AN INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER HARRIS COUNTY WHILE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER 

GALVESTON COUNTY.



FLOODING CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF HARRIS COUNTY WITH MANY BAYOUS AND 

STREAMS OVERBANKS. WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED INTO HOMES ON THE 

SOUTHEAST SIDE OF HOUSTON AND IN THE CITY OF SOUTH HOUSTON. 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE SOUTH LOOP AND GULF 

FREEWAYS.  



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



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 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.



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 2999 9587 2976 9574 2963 9548 2960 9526

      2935 9514 2924 9503 2941 9479 2972 9507

      2979 9525 2982 9528 2995 9549 3002 9569



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