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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

200 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 158 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PALACIOS. ANOTHER BROAD   

  AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA OF THE  

  GULF OF MEXICO OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL 

  NEAR 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.



* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

VANDERBILT...SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR 

PLANT...SARGENT...PIERCE...MORALES...MIDFIELD...MATAGORDA...

LOUISE...LAKE TEXANA 

DAM...EGYPT...DANEVANG...CORDELE...BLESSING...WHARTON...VAN 

VLECK...MARKHAM...LA WARD...GANADO...EL CAMPO...EDNA AND BAY CITY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DEPTH AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING

IS OBSERVED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS

TO RISE.



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 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM 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 2907 9689 2861 9641 2858 9624 2851 9618

      2878 9558 2920 9596 2945 9628



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