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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1141 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COASTAL MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  COASTAL BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 1134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF SARGENT. DOPPLER 

ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCH PER HOUR RATES HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN SARGENT 

AND JONES CREEK SINCE 1030 PM.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

 JONES CREEK AND SARGENT.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER

SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. 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 8 AM 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 2876 9567 2889 9536 2901 9546 2889 9569



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