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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

600 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  SOUTHEAST BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM TRAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS    

  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STOWELL TO OAK ISLAND TO THE LEAGUE    

  CITY AND DICKINSON AREA TO SANTA FE TO FREEPORT. RAINFALL RATES OF 

  1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE TRAINING           

  STORMS...AND THESE RATES ARE LIKELY PRODUCING FLASH                

  FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL    

  EARLIER TODAY.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

WALLISVILLE...TIKI ISLAND...SMITH POINT...ROLLOVER PASS...PORT

BOLIVAR...PELICAN ISLAND...OAK ISLAND...KEMAH BOARDWALK...HANKAMER...

GILCHRIST...CRYSTAL BEACH...CHOCOLATE BAYOU...WINNIE...TEXAS CITY...

SANTA FE...SAN LEON...RICHWOOD...OYSTER CREEK...OLD RIVER-WINFREE... 

LIVERPOOL...LEAGUE CITY...LAKE JACKSON...LA MARQUE...KEMAH... 

HITCHCOCK...HILLCREST...FREEPORT...DANBURY...COVE...CLUTE...CLEAR 

LAKE SHORES...BAYOU VISTA...BACLIFF...ANGLETON...ANAHUAC AND ALVIN.



WATER LEVELS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE ONCE HEAVY RAINS COME TO AN END. 

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 FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT 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 2989 9438 2988 9487 2971 9491 2955 9502

      2952 9525 2890 9563 2878 9556 2921 9496

      2958 9437



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