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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

229 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

  INDICATE CLUSTERS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE COAST AND 

  JUST INLAND ACROSS BRAZORIA AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES

  INDICATE THAT IN GENERAL 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 

  FREEPORT AND MATAGORDA DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. AN 

  ISOLATED TOTAL OF AROUND 12 INCHES HAS FALLEN JUST SOUTH OF SARGENT.

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST AND

  ARE GRADUALLY SHIFTING A LITTLE FURTHER INLAND. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 

  INCHES APPEARS LIKELY ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS...PROLONGING THE FLOOD 

  THREAT.     

  



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  SARGENT....MATAGORDA...FREEPORT...PALACIOS



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.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 2856 9605 2874 9566 2893 9532 2903 9547

      2891 9611 2869 9631



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