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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

436 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 435 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF SHOWERS AND       

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

  3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA.        

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE   

  WARNED AREA...AND THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  MORALES.



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.



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 2924 9668 2906 9692 2902 9682 2892 9677

      2909 9648



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