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HARRIS TX-GALVESTON TX-

1135 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1135 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON CDT FOR GALVESTON AND

HARRIS COUNTIES...



AT 1120 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS MOST PORTIONS 

OF GALVESTON COUNTY BUT DIMINISHING ACROSS PORTIONS OF HARRIS 

COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES EAST OF SAN LEON 

TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF HITCHCOCK.   



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE 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...TEXAS CITY...SOUTHSIDE 

PLACE...SHOREACRES...SANTA FE...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...LA PORTE...LA 

MARQUE...HEDWIG VILLAGE...GALENA PARK...DEER PARK...AND BAYOU VISTA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA MAINLY IN GALVESTON COUNTY.



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.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM TODAY 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 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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