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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

100 AM CDT THU OCT 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 1255 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED 

  TO REPORT NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE COUNTY AND SOME 

  SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FLOODED. THE SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT 

  WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 

  THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH FROM THE WEST.  



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

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

LIBERTY...KENEFICK...HARDIN...DAYTON...DAISETTA...CLEVELAND 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 2989 9497 3009 9457 3047 9470 3048 9483

      3036 9513



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