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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

920 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

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT



* AT 920 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER JACKSON COUNTY AND ACROSS THE 

SOUTHERN HALF OF THE MATAGORDA COUNTY. THIS RAINFALL IS FOCUSING 

NEAR 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 THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS THE EXTREME 

SOUTHWEST PART OF MATAGORDA COUNTY. ALSO...PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL 

HAS BEEN EXPANDING TO JACKSON COUNTY THE PAST FEW HOURS. ANOTHER 1 

TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY MID DAY ACROSS PARTS OF JACKSON AND 

MATAGORDA COUNTIES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. DO NOT 

DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

VANDERBILT...SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR PLANT...SARGENT...MORALES...

MIDFIELD...LAKE TEXANA DAM...CORDELE...BLESSING...VAN VLECK...

PALACIOS...MARKHAM...LA WARD...GANADO...EDNA AND BAY CITY.



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 2908 9688 2838 9637 2878 9555

      2912 9592 2898 9623 2895 9631



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