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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

636 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 630 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR A 

PERSISTENT AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE 

COUNTY. THIS RAINFALL IS FOCUSING ON A STATIONARY SURFACE TROUGH OF 

LOW PRESSURE THAT EXTENDS EASTWARD AND INTO THE GULF. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE 

SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY AND THE MATAGORDA PENINSULA. UNTIL THIS 

TROUGH MOVES TO THE NORTH IT WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL 

HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 930 AM WITH LOCALLY 

HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

MATAGORDA...MATAGORDA PENINSULA...SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR 

PLANT...SARGENT AND PALACIOS.



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 2868 9630 2838 9636 2877 9555 2901 9579



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