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WGUS74 KHGX 201116

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TXC201-201200-

HARRIS TX-

615 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

615 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR HARRIS

COUNTY...



AT 610 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN 

HARRIS COUNTY AND WESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY LINE. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL 

RATES HAVE DECREASED FURTHER WEST OVER PASADENA AND DEER PARK...

WHERE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FELL YESTERDAY...THE WARNING WILL 

CONTINUE AS IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP 

DURING THE NEXT HOUR. WHEN THE INITIAL BAND OF RAINFALL MOVED 

THROUGH DURING THE PAST HOUR...A HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL.       



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR...

LA PORTE...JACINTO CITY...HIGHLANDS...GALENA PARK...DEER PARK...

CLOVERLEAF...CHANNELVIEW...CROSBY...AND PASADENA...



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 4 PM TUESDAY 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 2959 9521 2954 9515 2956 9509 2958 9501

      2986 9505 2993 9518 2995 9540 2971 9531



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