WGUS54 KHGX 090502
FFWHOU
TXC201-090800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1157 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 1148 PM CDT...THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION! MAJOR 
ROAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING OVER MANY PARTS OF THE HOUSTON 
METROPOLITAN AREA.   DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 
CONTINUING OVER HARRIS COUNTY NORTHEAST OF THE 610 LOOP AND OVER 
MUCH OF THE COUNTY WEST OF 288 SOUTH AND INTERSTATE 45 NORTH. RADAR 
ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IN THE PAST 
3 HOURS NORTHEAST OF THE 610 LOOP.  DPS ANNOUNCED AT 11 PM THAT THE 
NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE 610 LOOP WAS CLOSED BETWEEN INTERSTATE 10 
AND INTERSTATE 45.  HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR 
CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO HARRIS COUNTY FROM THE SOUTH AND INTENSIFY 
OVER A STATIONARY BOUNDARY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
  DOWNTOWN WEST OF HIGHWAY 288 AND INTERSTATE 45
  ALDINE...BELLAIRE...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE...CHANNELVIEW

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.

LAT...LON 3001 9513 2958 9511 2974 9572 3007 9585