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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

210 AM CDT THU OCT 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT



* AT 205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 

  SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS MOST OF SAN JACINTO COUNTY AND THE CENTRAL 

  AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF POLK COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 

  THAT FM 3128 NEAR SHEPHERD IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN SAN JACINTO 

  COUNTY AND ROADS INTO AND IN THE WILD COUNTRY SUBDIVISION ARE CLOSED 

  DUE TO HIGH WATER.  



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

SEGNO...LEGGETT...LAKE LIVINGSTON STATE PARK...ALABAMA-COUSHATTA

RESERVATION...SHEPHERD...SEVEN OAKS...POINT BLANK...ONALASKA...

LIVINGSTON AND GOODRICH.



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 1000 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 3052 9530 3030 9520 3055 9492 3054 9458

      3078 9463 3089 9487 3080 9504 3083 9526



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