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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
340 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS 
INTO WEDNESDAY...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS 
ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NORMANGEE TO SWEENY. THIS INCLUDES 
METRO HOUSTON. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH...

BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...FORT BEND...GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...
HOUSTON...LIBERTY...MADISON...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...
TRINITY...WALKER...WALLER.

ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AHEAD OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WILL MOVE 
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. RAINS WILL CEASE FOR A BIT LATER 
TONIGHT AS THE CENTER MOVES INLAND...THEN INCREASE AGAIN IN COVERAGE 
AND INTENSITY WEDNESDAY. 

RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MAY EXCEED 5 INCHES ALONG AND 
EAST OF HIGHWAY 59...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. 
MORE RAIN IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS MAY
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. HIGH STANDING WATER ON ROADS IS LIKELY.

EXPECT SIGNIFICANT RISES ON LARGER RIVER SYSTEMS AS WELL IF THE HEAVY
RAIN MATERIALIZES. INTERESTS ALONG THE TRINITY AND SAN JACINTO...AND
THEIR TRIBUTARIES SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR THE
NEXT FEW DAYS.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER AN AREA OF HIGH WATER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO
IT. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. IF YOU LIVE
IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD
FLOODING BECOME IMMINENT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.