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TXC201-091345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
250 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION! MAJOR ROAD FLOODING IS 
OCCURRING OVER MOST OF THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. MANY MAJOR 
ROADWAYS ARE NOW IMPASSABLE AND TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED 
EXCEPT FOR EVACUATION PURPOSES. AT 243 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER MOST OF HARRIS 
COUNTY.  BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM... 7 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 
BETWEEN JERSEY VILLAGE AND ALDINE AND BETWEEN BEL AIR AND DOWNTOWN 
HOUSTON.  BETWEEN ALDINE AND CROSBY... 8 TO 10 INCHES FELL IN THE 
SAME 3 HOUR PERIOD.  STORMS PRODUCING 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR 
WERE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD FROM BETWEEN DEER PARK AND CHANNEL VIEW AT 
245 AM.  AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL OVER THE 
COUNTY PRIOR TO 9 AM... AND EVEN THOUGH PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO 
DIMINISH IN INTENSITY PRIOR THAT TIME... FLOODING WILL STILL BE 
WIDESPREAD DUE TO THE COPIOUS RAINS OF THE PAST 10 HOURS.   

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
  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 3004 9513 2961 9506 2955 9512 2963 9542
          2978 9576 3009 9590