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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
850 PM CDT FRI SEP 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT

* AT 845 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A   
  STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING ONSHORE BETWEEN   
  GALVESTON AND SARGENT. EXPECT RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES     
  AN HOUR. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COUPLED WITH HIGH TIDES WILL          
  CREATE FLASH FLOODING. STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH CAN 
  ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS CLUSTER.     

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
  TIKI ISLAND...HITCHCOCK...GALVESTON...BAYOU VISTA...JAMAICA BEACH

DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

USE EXTRA CAUTION AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DEPTH
AND SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS.

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

LAT...LON 2936 9470 2910 9502 2912 9513 2922 9506
          2933 9502 2944 9493