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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

727 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 725 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. 

  BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 

  1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT HOUR WHICH WILL CREATE SOME 

  FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS. 



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  WASHINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...QUARRY AND BRENHAM.



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 3023 9674 3011 9664 3006 9658 3011 9629

      3026 9611 3039 9617 3035 9644 3030 9664



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