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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

235 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  SOUTHERN SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SEGNO.



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

  TARKINGTON PRAIRIE...SPLASHTOWN...ROMAYOR...PORTER...NEW CANEY...

  MOSCOW...LEGGETT...LAKE LIVINGSTON STATE PARK...LAKE CONROE DAM...

  HOOKS AIRPORT...ALABAMA-COUSHATTA RESERVATION...WOODLOCH...

  WOODBRANCH...WILLIS...TOMBALL...THE WOODLANDS...STAGECOACH...

  SPRING...SPLENDORA...SHEPHERD...SHENANDOAH...SEVEN OAKS...ROMAN

  FOREST...PORTER HEIGHTS...PLUM GROVE...PINEHURST...PATTON

  VILLAGE...PANORAMA VILLAGE...OAK RIDGE NORTH...NORTH CLEVELAND...

  LIVINGSTON...GOODRICH...CUT AND SHOOT...CONROE...COLDSPRING...

  CLEVELAND AND CHATEAU WOODS.



WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS IN NORTHERN HARRIS AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY 

WILL BECOME LIGHT AND MORE SCATTERED AS THEY SHIFT OFF TO THE 

NORTHEAST. AREAS IN NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO...NORTHERN 

LIBERTY AND POLK COUNTIES WILL HAVE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ON TOP 

OF NEARLY SATURATED GROUNDS LEADING TO RAPID RUNOFF. RAINFALL RATES 

OF AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN AREAS FROM 

NEAR CONROE TO CLEVELAND TO AROUND LIVINGSTON. 



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.





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 3050 9475 3029 9467 3004 9534 3008 9582

      3013 9581 3047 9549 3052 9543 3052 9537

      3058 9535 3066 9501 3087 9490 3110 9467

      3051 9457



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