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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

655 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BRAZOS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 650 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS. RADAR PRECIPITATION 

  ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 6 

  IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZOS COUNTY OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS. LAW ENFORCEMENT 

  HAS REPORTED SOME HIGH WATER ON ENTRANCE AND EXIT RAMPS TO THE HIGHWAY. 

  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST EAST OF MILLICAN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

  INCHES IS LIKELY IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS WHICH WILL CREATE SOME FLOODING 

  PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS.  



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



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 FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT 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 3047 9629 3043 9623 3038 9614 3043 9610

      3052 9615 3061 9618 3077 9617 3078 9625



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