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WGUS74 KHGX 110241

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

938 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007



TXC201-110400-

HARRIS TX-

938 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR

HARRIS COUNTY...



AT 933 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 45 

CORRIDOR FROM NEAR CROSSTIMBERS TO GULFBANK TO BARKER AND TIDWELL. 

THE SKYWARN SPOTTERS ESTIMATED MORE THAT 100 VEHICLES FLOOD AND 

STALLED. ADDITIONAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF CARS STALLING IN 

FLOODING NEAR BRIAR FOREST AND KIRKWOOD. 



THOUGH THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST FLOOD WILL BE SLOW TO 

RECEDE TO THE INTENSE RAINFALL RATES WHILE THE STORMS WERE NEARLY 

STATIONARY EARLY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS.





FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

THE MEDICAL CENTER...RELIANT PARK...THE GALLERIA...ALDINE... 

BUSH-INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...SPRING 

VALLEY...JERSEY VILLAGE...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE... 

HOUSTON...CLOVERLEAF...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE...AND BELLAIRE.



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



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.



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 2972 9568 2960 9540 2972 9518 2999 9514

      3006 9560 2985 9566



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000 

WGUS74 KHGX 110241

FFSHGX



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

938 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007



TXC201-110400-

HARRIS TX-

938 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR

HARRIS COUNTY...



AT 933 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 45 

CORRIDOR FROM NEAR CROSSTIMBERS TO GULFBANK TO BARKER AND TIDWELL. 

THE SKYWARN SPOTTERS ESTIMATED MORE THAT 100 VEHICLES FLOOD AND 

STALLED. ADDITIONAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF CARS STALLING IN 

FLOODING NEAR BRIAR FOREST AND KIRKWOOD. 



THOUGH THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST FLOOD WILL BE SLOW TO 

RECEDE TO THE INTENSE RAINFALL RATES WHILE THE STORMS WERE NEARLY 

STATIONARY EARLY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS.





FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

THE MEDICAL CENTER...RELIANT PARK...THE GALLERIA...ALDINE... 

BUSH-INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...SPRING 

VALLEY...JERSEY VILLAGE...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE... 

HOUSTON...CLOVERLEAF...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE...AND BELLAIRE.



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



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.



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 2972 9568 2960 9540 2972 9518 2999 9514

      3006 9560 2985 9566



$$

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