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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1039 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 145 PM CDT



* AT 1036 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY

  HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM          

  ROLLOVER PASS TO HITCHCOCK.  HIGHWAY 87 FROM BOLIVAR TO HIGH       

  ISLAND HAS BEEN CLOSED IN CHAMBERS COUNTY.  AREAS OF HIGHWAY 87 IN 

  GALVESTON HAVE 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD.  ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

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

ISLAND...OAK ISLAND...MOODY GARDENS...KEMAH BOARDWALK...HIGH

ISLAND...HANKAMER...GILCHRIST...CRYSTAL BEACH...GALVESTON...WINNIE...

TEXAS CITY...STOWELL...SANTA FE...SAN LEON...LEAGUE CITY...LA

MARQUE...KEMAH...JAMAICA BEACH...DICKINSON...CLEAR LAKE SHORES...

BAYOU VISTA...BACLIFF AND ANAHUAC.



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



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 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



A FLASH 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 2956 9437 2916 9502 2950 9522 2951 9512

      2956 9504 2989 9471 2989 9438



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