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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
502 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR TODAY...

COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE...
AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BRAZORIA...BURLESON...CHAMBERS...FORT BEND...
GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...HOUSTON...LIBERTY...MADISON...
MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...WALLER...WALKER...AND
WASHINGTON.

THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALLISON ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
DRIFT SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
TODAY.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR NEAR AND ALONG THE TRACK
OF THE LOW...WITH BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST AND
EAST OF THE LOW CENTER.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE WHERE RAIN BANDS TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 400 AM THIS MORNING
INDICATE THAT A RAIN BAND WHICH MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN FORT BEND AND
SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTIES PRODUCED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN.  THE SAME
RAIN BAND PRODUCED 4 TO 10 INCHES OVER SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY.

SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALLISON OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS...ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE DEEP STANDING WATER AND OVERFLOWS OF SMALL
STREAMS...CREEKS...AND BAYOUS.

BE ALERT FOR OCCASIONAL SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...SOME
CONTAINING HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.  THE DEPTH AND WATER VELOCITY MAY BE
TOO GREAT FOR YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.  IF FLASH FLOODING OCCURS IN YOUR
LOCATION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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