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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

642 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



TXC291-190115-

LIBERTY TX-

642 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR

LIBERTY COUNTY...



AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LIBERTY COUNTY. 

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN NOTED OVER ALL 

BUT THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. AT LEAST 2 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE MID AFTERNOON IN THE AREAS NORTH OF 

A LINE FROM DAYTON TO LIBERTY TO DAISETTA.    



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

LIBERTY...DAYTON...DAISETTA...CLEVELAND...MOSS 

HILL...ROMAYOR...KENEFICK...TARKINGTON PRAIRIE...HARDIN...DAYTON 

LAKES...AND AMES.



LAW ENFORCEMENT EARLIER REPORTED FLOODING ON FM 834 BETWEEN HARDIN 

AND HULL...STATE HIGHWAY 321 FROM DAYTON TO CLEVELAND...AND FM 563 

FROM LIBERTY SOUTHWARD.



SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER

SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. 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.



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 2991 9493 2992 9474 2990 9449 3016 9466

      3046 9475 3034 9514



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