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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1248 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 1243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RAINFALL RATES AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE ACCOMPANYING 

THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

THE HOUSTON METRO AREA TO KATY TO MONAVILLE TO MONTGOMERY TO 

COLDSPRING TO ROMAYOR TO DEVERS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 2 TO 6 

INCHES WITH SOME AREAS HAVING RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES. MANY 

OF THE AREA CREEKS AND BAYOUS HAVE SWOLLEN AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING. 



THE AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE REPORTING 

NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. 



2 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN KILLED IN THE FLOODING...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 3064 9510 3055 9505 3047 9479 3013 9462

      3011 9446 2991 9446 2992 9496 2972 9494

      2970 9502 2959 9502 2971 9561 2982 9581

      2978 9599 3014 9608 3028 9578 3057 9580

      3051 9561 3050 9535 3083 9529 3069 9520



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