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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

539 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

  STAFFORD AND SHARPSTOWN AREAS. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS       

  FALLEN IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS LIKELY   

  OVER THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. 



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

  MEADOWS...SHARPSTOWN...AND STAFFORD. 



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



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.



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 2973 9554 2972 9550 2970 9547 2966 9549

      2960 9553 2963 9560



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