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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

115 AM CDT THU OCT 19 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 315 AM CDT



* AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

  INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BETWEEN A 

  HALF AND 1 INCH OF RAIN. PORTIONS OF GRIMES AND WALKER COUNTIES

  HAVE EXPERIENCED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. ANY 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLOODING. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS 

  REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 244 IN NORTHERN GRIMES COUNTY IS CLOSED AND 

  HIGHWAY 2989 AT BEDIAS CREEK IS CLOSED IN WALKER COUNTY. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

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

HUNTSVILLE.



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 3081 9614 3052 9612 3059 9581 3056 9549

      3090 9556



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