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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1119 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRIMES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WALKER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  NORTH OF ROANS PRAIRIE TO BEDIAS AND INTO WESTERN PORTIONS 

  OF WALKER COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY ACROSS 

  THESE AREAS DURING THE NEXT HOUR WHICH WILL LEAD TO 

  FLOODED ROADWAYS.   



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

IOLA...HUNTSVILLE STATE PARK...CRABBS PRAIRIE...BEDIAS AND

HUNTSVILLE...ROANS PRAIRIE.



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 3055 9615 3063 9579 3057 9548 3094 9555

      3079 9614



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