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WGUS54 KHGX 161005

FFWHGX

TXC039-071-157-167-201-291-321-481-161245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

502 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 500 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION FROM 

PALACIOS TO RICHMOND AND ACROSS THE HOUSTON METRO AREA TO DEVERS TO 

HIGH ISLAND. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

THE AREA FROM PALACIOS TO EL CAMPO TO FULSHEAR TO KATY TO NEAR 

WALLER TO SPRING TO ROMAYOR TO DEVERS TO HIGH ISLAND.  THIS INCLUDES 

THE HOUSTON METRO AREA...GALVESTON...ANGLETON...RICHMOND AND BAY 

CITY AREAS.  



THE REGION HAS HAD WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 1/2 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE 

SINCE 7 PM SUNDAY. THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREET FLOODING AND FURTHER RISES ON THE 

AREA CREEKS AND BAYOUS. IN ADDITION...VERY HIGH TIDES ALONG THE 

COAST ARE AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING THREAT BY BACKING WATER UP THE 

CREEKS AND BAYOUS.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA 

THIS MORNING AND TRACK NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 

AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY MOST OF THESE STORMS. SOME 

AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE TRAINING OF STORMS...A SERIES OF STORMS THAT 

PASS OVER THE SAME AREA...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 59 

CORRIDOR.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND

ADJACENT TO SMALL CREEKS AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...FRONTAGE ROADS...

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES...FARM-TO-MARKET AND OTHER SECONDARY ROADS MAY

FLOOD. 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 TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR THE WARNED AREA.



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 3013 9462 3011 9446 2957 9438 2955 9474

      2953 9476 2949 9463 2949 9463 2912 9511

      2912 9511 2947 9466 2968 9499 2932 9489

      2875 9571 2898 9625 2927 9651 2983 9579

      3012 9589 3016 9553 3003 9527 3049 9482



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KHGX 161005

FFWHGX

TXC039-071-157-167-201-291-321-481-161245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

502 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 500 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION FROM 

PALACIOS TO RICHMOND AND ACROSS THE HOUSTON METRO AREA TO DEVERS TO 

HIGH ISLAND. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

THE AREA FROM PALACIOS TO EL CAMPO TO FULSHEAR TO KATY TO NEAR 

WALLER TO SPRING TO ROMAYOR TO DEVERS TO HIGH ISLAND.  THIS INCLUDES 

THE HOUSTON METRO AREA...GALVESTON...ANGLETON...RICHMOND AND BAY 

CITY AREAS.  



THE REGION HAS HAD WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 1/2 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE 

SINCE 7 PM SUNDAY. THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE STREET FLOODING AND FURTHER RISES ON THE 

AREA CREEKS AND BAYOUS. IN ADDITION...VERY HIGH TIDES ALONG THE 

COAST ARE AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING THREAT BY BACKING WATER UP THE 

CREEKS AND BAYOUS.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA 

THIS MORNING AND TRACK NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 

AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL ACCOMPANY MOST OF THESE STORMS. SOME 

AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE TRAINING OF STORMS...A SERIES OF STORMS THAT 

PASS OVER THE SAME AREA...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 59 

CORRIDOR.





EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND

ADJACENT TO SMALL CREEKS AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...FRONTAGE ROADS...

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES...FARM-TO-MARKET AND OTHER SECONDARY ROADS MAY

FLOOD. 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 TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM FOR THE WARNED AREA.



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 3013 9462 3011 9446 2957 9438 2955 9474

      2953 9476 2949 9463 2949 9463 2912 9511

      2912 9511 2947 9466 2968 9499 2932 9489

      2875 9571 2898 9625 2927 9651 2983 9579

      3012 9589 3016 9553 3003 9527 3049 9482



$$

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