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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
200 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

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WASHINGTON TX-WALLER TX-GRIMES TX-MONTGOMERY TX-AUSTIN TX-
200 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON...NORTHERN WALLER...SOUTHERN GRIMES...SOUTHWESTERN
MONTGOMERY AND NORTHWESTERN AUSTIN COUNTIES...

AT 155 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. BRENHAM HAS RECEIVED OVER 16 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 24
HOURS AND SURROUNDING AREAS HAVE ALSO SEEN ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 16
INCHES. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND MANY ROADS ARE
IMPASSIBLE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA
AND WORSEN FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRENHAM...TOMBALL...NAVASOTA...HEMPSTEAD...PRAIRIE VIEW...PINEHURST...THE
WOODLANDS...WASHINGTON...SHELBY...WALLER...MAGNOLIA...PINE ISLAND...
STAGECOACH...BURTON...TODD MISSION...LAKE SOMERVILLE DAM...DOBBIN...
INDEPENDENCE...PLANTERSVILLE AND QUARRY.

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.

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3016 9679 3024 9673 3030 9664 3039 9617
      3037 9616 3033 9616 3038 9615 3040 9612
      3043 9594 3032 9559 3012 9548 3017 9555
      3010 9567 3008 9582 3016 9596 3006 9592
      3001 9631 3001 9660 3015 9665

$$

HUFFMAN
