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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
210 AM CDT THU OCT 19 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 
  SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS MOST OF SAN JACINTO COUNTY AND THE CENTRAL 
  AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF POLK COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 
  THAT FM 3128 NEAR SHEPHERD IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN SAN JACINTO 
  COUNTY AND ROADS INTO AND IN THE WILD COUNTRY SUBDIVISION ARE CLOSED 
  DUE TO HIGH WATER.  

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
SEGNO...LEGGETT...LAKE LIVINGSTON STATE PARK...ALABAMA-COUSHATTA
RESERVATION...SHEPHERD...SEVEN OAKS...POINT BLANK...ONALASKA...
LIVINGSTON AND GOODRICH.

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!

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DEPTH AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING
IS OBSERVED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
TO RISE.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM THURSDAY FOR THE WARNED AREA.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3052 9530 3030 9520 3055 9492 3054 9458
      3078 9463 3089 9487 3080 9504 3083 9526

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