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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

924 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



TXC071-167-061545-

CHAMBERS TX-GALVESTON TX-

924 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR

GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES...



AT 922 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL 

NEAR SMITH POINT.  THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN 

ACROSS EASTERN GALVESTON COUNTY INTO CHAMBERS COUNTY.   



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

TIKI ISLAND...PORT BOLIVAR...MOODY GARDENS...KEMAH BOARDWALK...TEXAS

CITY...SANTA FE...SAN LEON...LEAGUE CITY...LA MARQUE...KEMAH...

HITCHCOCK...FRIENDSWOOD...DICKINSON...BAYOU VISTA AND BACLIFF.



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.



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

WARNED AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM FOR THE WARNED AREA.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING OR OTHER 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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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

924 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



TXC071-167-061545-

CHAMBERS TX-GALVESTON TX-

924 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR

GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES...



AT 922 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL 

NEAR SMITH POINT.  THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN 

ACROSS EASTERN GALVESTON COUNTY INTO CHAMBERS COUNTY.   



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

TIKI ISLAND...PORT BOLIVAR...MOODY GARDENS...KEMAH BOARDWALK...TEXAS

CITY...SANTA FE...SAN LEON...LEAGUE CITY...LA MARQUE...KEMAH...

HITCHCOCK...FRIENDSWOOD...DICKINSON...BAYOU VISTA AND BACLIFF.



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.



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

WARNED AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM FOR THE WARNED AREA.



PLEASE REPORT FLOODING OR OTHER 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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