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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

842 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 839 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR TEXAS CITY.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

TIKI ISLAND...SMITH POINT...PORT BOLIVAR...PELICAN ISLAND...OAK

ISLAND...MOODY GARDENS...KEMAH BOARDWALK...CRYSTAL BEACH...SANTA

FE...SAN LEON...NASSAU BAY...LEAGUE CITY...LA MARQUE...KEMAH...

JAMAICA BEACH...HITCHCOCK...FRIENDSWOOD...DICKINSON...CLEAR LAKE

SHORES...BAYOU VISTA AND BACLIFF.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AS THUNDERSTORMS 

TRAIN ACROSS THE AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND

ADJACENT TO CREEKS AND BAYOUS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON...STREETS...FRONTAGE ROADS...AND

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. 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 4PM 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 2916 9502 2958 9440 2989 9439 2955 9502

      2950 9523



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