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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
455 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LIFE-THREATENING CATASTROPHIC
FLOODING...

The National Weather Service in League City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Colorado County in southeastern Texas...
  Eastern Wharton County in southeastern Texas...
  Austin County in southeastern Texas...
  Southeastern Grimes County in southeastern Texas...
  Southeastern Washington County in southeastern Texas...
  Galveston County in southeastern Texas...
  Southwestern Montgomery County in southeastern Texas...
  Fort Bend County in southeastern Texas...
  Northern Brazoria County in southeastern Texas...
  Waller County in southeastern Texas...
  Central Matagorda County in southeastern Texas...
  Harris County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 1045 AM CDT Sunday.

* At 439 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Rainfall
  amounts in the last 24 hours of 14 to 28 inches has fallen
  in portions of the emergency area. Elsewhere 8 to 14 inches has
  with intense storms producing rainfall rates of 4 to 6 inches per
  hour. Dangerous life threatening flooding is ongoing. Many creeks
  rivers and bayous have flooded and have surpassed previous flood
  record levels.

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY from the Bay City area to Wharton to
  Waller across the Houston Metro area to Stafford to Friendswood to
  League City and Santa Fe. Travel across the area is severely hampered
  if not impossible. Over 1000 high water rescues have been performed
  and in some places emergency crews cannot reach the worst hit areas.
  5 fatalities have been reported. Some people are using attics and
  the second floor to escape the rising flood waters.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Pasadena, Pearland, League City, Sugar Land, northwestern Baytown,
  Missouri City, Galveston Island West End, Galveston Causeway, Texas
  City, Matagorda, Friendswood, La Porte, Deer Park, Rosenberg,
  Alvin, northwestern Angleton, Dickinson, Stafford, Bay City and
  South Houston.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2927 9613 2999 9641 3033 9592 2996 9506
      2933 9486 2905 9515 2905 9525 2934 9536
      2918 9545 2919 9555 2946 9570 2951 9584
      2872 9589 2857 9623

$$
