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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1205 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



TXC071-167-061845-

CHAMBERS TX-GALVESTON TX-

1205 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR

GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES...



AT 1203 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURING 

ACROSS GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES.   



FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

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

ISLAND...ROLLOVER PASS...GALVESTON...WINNIE...TEXAS CITY...STOWELL...

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

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 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 2956 9437 2916 9502 2950 9522 2951 9512

      2956 9504 2989 9471 2989 9438



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