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WGUS54 KHGX 161729

FFWHGX

TXC373-162130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1226 PM 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 430 PM CDT



* AT 1222 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY CLOSED. HIGHWAY 

59 WAS ALSO CLOSED. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 

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

HOUR WILL BE COMMONPLACE. MANY OF THE SMALL CREEKS ARE OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

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

GOODRICH AND CORRIGAN.



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.



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







A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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 3109 9471 3099 9465 3050 9455 3050 9485

      3056 9485 3059 9502 3066 9500 3069 9512

      3079 9513 3083 9520 3116 9483



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KHGX 161729

FFWHGX

TXC373-162130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1226 PM 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 430 PM CDT



* AT 1222 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY CLOSED. HIGHWAY 

59 WAS ALSO CLOSED. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 

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

HOUR WILL BE COMMONPLACE. MANY OF THE SMALL CREEKS ARE OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

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

GOODRICH AND CORRIGAN.



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.



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







A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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 3109 9471 3099 9465 3050 9455 3050 9485

      3056 9485 3059 9502 3066 9500 3069 9512

      3079 9513 3083 9520 3116 9483



$$

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