
607
WGUS74 KHGX 181556
FFSHGX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1056 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016

TXC015-089-157-185-201-291-339-407-473-477-181800-
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COLORADO TX-WASHINGTON TX-LIBERTY TX-SAN JACINTO TX-WALLER TX-
GRIMES TX-MONTGOMERY TX-HARRIS TX-AUSTIN TX-FORT BEND TX-
1056 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR HOUSTON AND SURROUNDING
AREAS...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN
LIBERTY...SOUTHWESTERN SAN JACINTO...WALLER...SOUTHEASTERN GRIMES...
MONTGOMERY...WESTERN HARRIS...AUSTIN AND NORTHERN FORT BEND
COUNTIES...

AT 1049 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD
6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH ISOLATED AREAS
RECEIVING 15 INCHES OF RAIN OF MORE. LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING
IS ONGOING WITH MANY FLOODED ROADS... BAYOUS... AND LOW LYING AREAS.
OVER 150 WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR THIS MORNING... AND
RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED FROM DRIVING UNLESS FLEEING FLOOD
WATERS.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HOUSTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...SOUTHERN CONROE...EASTERN ROSENBERG...
STAFFORD...BELLAIRE...HUMBLE...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...KATY...RICHMOND...
TOMBALL...CLEVELAND...JERSEY VILLAGE...SEALY...HEMPSTEAD...PRAIRIE VIEW...
BROOKSHIRE...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...BELLVILLE AND COLUMBUS.

RAIN RATES ARE DECREASING IN THE WARNED AREA... BUT ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 2996 9657 3007 9663 3012 9641 3006 9612
      3053 9584 3056 9573 3027 9570 3030 9552
      3041 9527 3051 9514 3050 9504 3039 9502
      3020 9510 2993 9538 2982 9539 2958 9545
      2947 9572 2963 9589 2964 9634 2974 9677

$$

HUFFMAN
