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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

255 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



TXC201-291-339-407-473-162130-

SAN JACINTO TX-MONTGOMERY TX-LIBERTY TX-WALLER TX-HARRIS TX-

255 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR

HARRIS...WALLER...LIBERTY...MONTGOMERY AND SAN JACINTO COUNTIES...



AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING VERY 

HEAVY RAIN FALLING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...ACROSS THE 

WARNED COUNTIES. 



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

A LINE FROM MOSS HILL TO LIBERTY TO CROSBY TO THE HOUSTON AREA.



SOME OF THESE HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING ACROSS LOCATIONS THAT  

RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING EARLIER TODAY. THIS CONTINUES 

TO BE A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. THREE 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 FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 400 PM CDT. 

THIS FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 800 PM CDT LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON FOR THESE COUNTIES.



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 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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000 

WGUS74 KHGX 161955

FFSHGX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

255 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



TXC201-291-339-407-473-162130-

SAN JACINTO TX-MONTGOMERY TX-LIBERTY TX-WALLER TX-HARRIS TX-

255 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR

HARRIS...WALLER...LIBERTY...MONTGOMERY AND SAN JACINTO COUNTIES...



AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING VERY 

HEAVY RAIN FALLING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...ACROSS THE 

WARNED COUNTIES. 



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

A LINE FROM MOSS HILL TO LIBERTY TO CROSBY TO THE HOUSTON AREA.



SOME OF THESE HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING ACROSS LOCATIONS THAT  

RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING EARLIER TODAY. THIS CONTINUES 

TO BE A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. THREE 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 FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 400 PM CDT. 

THIS FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 800 PM CDT LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON FOR THESE COUNTIES.



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 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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