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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

441 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006



TXC291-262245-

LIBERTY TX-

441 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR

LIBERTY COUNTY...



AT 440 PM CDT...RAIN THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCING FLOODING WAS OCCURRING 

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THE LIBERTY AND SAN JACINTO COUNTY LINES 

BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHWESTERN 

HARRIS COUNTIES.



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

TARKINGTON PRAIRIE...ROMAYOR...MOSS 

HILL...CLEVELAND...KENEFICK...HARDIN AND DAYTON LAKES. THE TEXAS 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING THAT NORTHERN LIBERTY 

COUNTY ROAD 787 IS FLOODED IN RAYBURN AS OF 4:43 PM.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND

ADJACENT TO CREEKS AND BAYOUS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON...STREETS...FRONTAGE ROADS...AND

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND



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 5 AM FRIDAY FOR THE WARNED AREA.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING OR OTHER 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 3034 9515 3002 9500 3009 9466 3044 9474

      3046 9485



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