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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1215 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  COASTAL GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 1210 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF   

  GALVESTON AT NOON. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP JUST OFFSHORE AND 

  THEN REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND. THE CITY 

  HAS LIKELY ALREADY RECEIVED 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS 

  WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES LIKELY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CREATE FURTHER FLOODING OF STREETS.    



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  GALVESTON.



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.



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 2924 9485 2931 9472 2936 9475 2929 9488



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