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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

930 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 926 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

SEGNO...MOSCOW...LEGGETT...SEVEN OAKS...ONALASKA...LIVINGSTON AND

CORRIGAN.



THE SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS BARRICADED WITH 

RISING WATER. 



CHOATES CREEK IN LIVINGSTON IS ALSO OUT OF BANKS AND STILL RISING.



MORE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTY AND WILL 

TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 2 INCHES 

PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST 

SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST NOON.



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



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 1 PM FOR THE WARNED AREA.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM 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 3110 9475 3107 9460 3100 9466 3050 9455

      3050 9460 3073 9513 3079 9513 3086 9516

      3115 9483



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