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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

504 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 500 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND BEGINNING TO 

  SLOW DOWN OVER MAINLY EASTERN PORTIONS OF HARRIS COUNTY. 

  UNFORTUNATELY IT IS BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY OVER AREAS THAT 

  RECEIVED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY. IN THE LAST HALF 

  HOUR A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE DEER PARK AND 

  PASADENA AREAS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY TO OCCUR 

  OVER EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR WHICH WILL PRODUCE 

  SOME FLOODING GIVEN THE SATURATED GROUNDS AND STANDING WATER IN 

  PLACE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE BAND WILL EXPAND AND PRODUCE AS 

  MUCH AS 2 OR 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN ISOLATED AREAS DURING THE NEXT 

  COUPLE OF HOURS.  

    



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  CHANNELVIEW...CLOVERLEAF...GALENA PARK...HIGHLANDS...JACINTO CITY

  ...PASADENA...DEER PARK...AND SHELDON.



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



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 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 2959 9521 2954 9515 2956 9509 2958 9501

      2986 9505 2993 9518 2995 9540 2971 9531



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