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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

843 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 838 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

  FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING FROM RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH 

  TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD. INTERSTATE 10 WAS CLOSED BETWEEN MILE

  MARKERS 812 AND 813 AT HIGHWAY 61.



* LOCATIONS IN THE FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WALLISVILLE AND HANKAMER.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED 

ACROSS CENTRAL CHAMBERS COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR OR BE 

POSSIBLE AS RAIN BANDS FROM EDOUARD AFFECT THE AREA.



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



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE WARNED 

AREA.



PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...

OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2968 9445 2967 9466 2989 9476 2989 9449



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