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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

525 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 520 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

  INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM CLUSTERS OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. 

  DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MATAGORDA TO PALACIOS LINE. AN ADDITIONAL 2 

  TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.    

     

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  MATAGORDA...PALACIOS...THE SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR PLANT 



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 4 PM 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 2889 9620 2848 9623 2879 9556 2899 9579

      2905 9586



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