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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1239 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



* AT 1236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL PERSISTING OVER 

  GALVESTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM FRIENDSWOOD TO 

  LEAGUE CITY TO TEXAS CITY...EAST TO HIGH ISLAND. THE STORMS

  WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHWARD TOWARD GALVESTON.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

 BACLIFF...DICKINSON...LA MARQUE...LEAGUE CITY...SANTA FE AND TEXAS

 CITY.



RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR HAVE OCCURRED...WITH TOTALS 

OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. FLOODING OF 

STREETS...FEEDER ROADS...SECONDARY ROADS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

IS LIKELY.



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 2954 9438 2946 9465 2937 9476 2933 9473

      2912 9509 2929 9488 2929 9496 2920 9504

      2950 9516 2950 9516 2950 9491 2946 9494

      2930 9485 2936 9484 2956 9447 2952 9489

      2952 9489 2959 9438



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