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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

152 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR GALVESTON

COUNTY...



AT 142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SOUTH OF A LINE 

FROM SANTA FE AND TEXAS CITY SOUTHWARD TO GALVESTON.



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

TIKI ISLAND...ROLLOVER PASS...PORT BOLIVAR...HIGH 

ISLAND...GALVESTON...TEXAS CITY...SANTA FE...AND SAN LEON.



RAINFALL OF OVER 4 INCHES HAS BEEN RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE OFFICE IN LEAGUE CITY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS NOW SHIFTED 

SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...WHERE ADDITIONAL 

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY.



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.



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 9438 2950 9453 2950 9455 2954 9447

      2956 9447 2953 9476 2952 9478 2949 9458

      2949 9458 2916 9503 2929 9488 2930 9494

      2922 9503 2950 9514 2950 9514



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