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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1006 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



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MONTGOMERY TX-LIBERTY TX-HARRIS TX-AUSTIN TX-FORT BEND TX-WHARTON TX-

JACKSON TX-CHAMBERS TX-BRAZORIA TX-GALVESTON TX-MATAGORDA TX-

1006 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT 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...



* AT 956 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

  INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR ALVIN.



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

  MEDICAL CENTER...SARGENT...RELIANT PARK...PIERCE...MINUTE MAID

  PARK...KEMAH BOARDWALK...JOHNSON SPACE CENTER...HOBBY AIRPORT...

  HERMAN PARK...THE GALLERIA...ELLINGTON FIELD...

  BUSH-INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK...WILD PEACH

  VILLAGE...WHARTON...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...WEST COLUMBIA...

  WEBSTER...WALLIS...VAN VLECK...TOWN WEST...TEXAS CITY...TAYLOR LAKE

  VILLAGE...SWEENY...SUGAR LAND...STAFFORD...SPRING VALLEY...

  SOUTHSIDE PLACE...SOUTH HOUSTON...SIMONTON...SHOREACRES...

  SHELDON...SANTA FE...ROSENBERG...RICHWOOD...RICHMOND...PLEAK...

  PINEY POINT VILLAGE...PECAN GROVE...PEARLAND...PASADENA...

  PALACIOS...OYSTER CREEK...OLD RIVER-WINFREE...NEEDVILLE...NASSAU

  BAY...MONT BELVIEU...MISSOURI CITY...MISSION BEND...MEADOWS...

  MARKHAM...MANVEL...LIBERTY...LEAGUE CITY...LAKE JACKSON...LA

  PORTE...LA MARQUE...KINGWOOD...KEMAH...JONES CREEK...JERSEY

  VILLAGE...JACINTO CITY...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...HUMBLE...

  HOUSTON...HOLIDAY LAKES...HITCHCOCK...HIGHLANDS...HEDWIG VILLAGE...

  GANADO...GALENA PARK...FRIENDSWOOD...FRESNO...FREEPORT...FIRST

  COLONY...EL LAGO...EL CAMPO...EDNA...EAST BERNARD...DICKINSON...

  DEER PARK...DAYTON...DANBURY...DAISETTA...CROSBY...CLUTE...

  CLOVERLEAF...CLEAR LAKE SHORES...CHANNELVIEW...BUNKER HILL

  VILLAGE...BROOKSIDE VILLAGE...BRAZORIA...BOLING-IAGO...BELLAIRE...

  BAYTOWN...BAYOU VISTA...BAY CITY...BARRETT...BACLIFF...ANGLETON...

  ANAHUAC...AMES AND ALDINE.



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED OVER MOST OF THE WARNED 

AREA...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND 

ADJACENT TO CREEKS AND BAYOUS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 

ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING WILL 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AND BAYOUS SHOULD TAKE

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER JACKSON 

AND WESTERN MATAGORA COUNTY...WITH UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE IN OTHER 

PORTIONS OF 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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