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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

836 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN AUSTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 814 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG 

  AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORALES TO RICHMOND TO MONT BELVIEU.



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

  WALLISVILLE...SEABROOK...SARGENT...ROSHARON...MATAGORDA...EGYPT...

  DANEVANG...WHARTON...WEBSTER...TEXAS CITY...SUGAR LAND... 

  ROSENBERG...RICHMOND...MISSOURI CITY...KINGWOOD...HOUSTON...EL 

  CAMPO...BAYTOWN...BAY CITY...AND ALVIN.



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 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND 

SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 59 CORRIDOR BETWEEN EDNA AND HOUSTON...AND 

ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HOUSTON TO LIBERTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA NORTH OF THIS LINE EXPERIENCED HEAVY 

RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO SEE FLOODING AS 

THE RAIN WATERS SLOWLY RECEDE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 

INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM 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 2942 9469 2942 9470 2953 9451 2954 9480

      2978 9474 2978 9476 2965 9501 2932 9488

      2919 9514 2909 9514 2933 9474 2891 9534

      2854 9615 2868 9621 2870 9654 2916 9679

      2981 9580 3039 9470 2959 9435



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