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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

755 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 1145 AM CDT



* AT 755 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES 

TO INDICATE A PERSISTENT AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MATAGORDA 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES 10 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 

INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1145 AM...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS 

POSSIBLE. THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND CAN NO LONGER ABSORB MORE 

RAINFALL. THE SHERIFF REPORTS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 60 IN MATAGORDA 

FLOODED AND CONTINUED FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY IS EXPECTED. DO NOT 

DRIVE ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

 PALACIOS...MATAGORDA...SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR PLANT...SARGENT.



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 2898 9578 2895 9566 2883 9560 2881 9553

      2849 9618 2851 9620 2862 9599 2863 9605

      2856 9623 2863 9625 2868 9620 2869 9628

      2890 9628 2913 9586



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