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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

629 PM CDT WED OCT 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 

EXTENDING EAST SOUTHEAST OF THE ALDINE AREA NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS 

HUMBLE. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 

TWO HOURS ACROSS A CORRIDOR ROUGHLY BETWEEN 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

ALDINE ALONG A NORTHEAST LINE TO NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN REACHES OF 

HUMBLE.



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.



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.



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 2999 9533 3002 9529 2999 9525 2990 9527

      2986 9533 2989 9535



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