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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

800 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 755 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL   

  ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO HIGH WATER...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF FM 2518 

  AND FM 163 AS WELL AS SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

  INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER LIBERTY 

  COUNTY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE COUNTY...SO ADDITIONAL 

  HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING PROBLEMS AREA EXPECTED.     



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

TARKINGTON PRAIRIE...ROMAYOR...MOSS HILL...NORTH CLEVELAND...

LIBERTY...KENEFICK...HARDIN...DAYTON...DAISETTA...CLEVELAND AND AMES.



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

SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE GROUND



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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DEPTH AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING

IS OBSERVED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS

TO RISE.



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 10 AM THURSDAY 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 3049 9478 3037 9513 3009 9504 2989 9493

      3011 9459



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