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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

800 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEGGETT.



* THE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY

  RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL POLK COUNTY.



STORM TOTALS APPROACHING 8 TO 9 INCHES PER DOPPLER ESTIMATES HAVE 

FALLEN IN CENTRAL POLK COUNTY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THREE 

HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN BETWEEN CORRIGAN 

AND LEGGETT WITH HOURLY RATES OF AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER

SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE GROUND



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DEPTH AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING

IS OBSERVED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS

TO RISE.



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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND BAYOUS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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.



THERE HAS BEEN A FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR THE AREA UNTIL 5 AM TOMORROW 

MORNING.



LAT...LON 3063 9499 3072 9463 3092 9466 3090 9497

      3077 9503



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