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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

240 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF BAY CITY.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR PLANT...SARGENT...BAY 

CITY...MIDFIELD...BLESSING...VAN VLECK AND MARKHAM.



SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...BAYOUS..AND FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER

SECONDARY ROADS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. 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 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IN THE PAST THREE HOURS...1 TO 3 INCH 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE JACKSON AND MATAGORDA 

COUNTY LINE AND BAY CITY. DUE TO PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN OVER THIS PAST 

WEEK...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH MORE RAIN OVER MANY OF THESE LOCALES TO 

INDUCE FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM 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 2876 9629 2870 9606 2879 9562 2899 9581

      2914 9588 2914 9596 2895 9630



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