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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
201 AM CDT SAT SEP 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 152 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A 
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO FORT BEND AND WHARTON COUNTIES 
BETWEEN EL CAMPO AND NEEDVILLE.  THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 5 INCHES PER HOUR... AND WILL BE 
MOVING ACROSS FORT BEND AND WHARTON COUNTIES FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AT 
ABOUT 20 MPH FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS... PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 
INCHES BY 5 AM.  MOST OF THE VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE IN A CORRIDOR 
ABOUT 15 MILES EITHER SIDE OF THE WHARTON/FORT BEND COUNTY LINE.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
  WHARTON...EAST BERNARD

DO NOT CROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

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

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