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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1057 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 100 AM CDT



* AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER LIBERTY COUNTY. DUE TO THE 

  HEAVY RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS...FLOODING 

  WILL CONTINUE...WITH MANY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.   



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

TARKINGTON PRAIRIE...ROMAYOR...MOSS HILL...PLUM GROVE...LIBERTY...

KENEFICK...HARDIN...DAYTON LAKES...DAYTON...DAISETTA AND AMES.



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



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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND BAYOUS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3029 9513 3023 9511 3015 9509 2990 9493

      3000 9478 3011 9460 3047 9475 3047 9489

      3043 9497 3038 9503 3034 9514



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