Flash Flood Warning Issued

LIBERTY, October 22, 2009 - A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
NORTHEASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
WESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EASTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 636 AM CDT...TRAINING HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES GENERALLY ALONG
A LINE FROM SAN LUIS PASS TO FRIENDSWOOD TO LIBERTY. WIDESPREAD 1 TO
3 INCH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AND AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL
LIKELY RUNOFF AND CAUSE STREET AND FEEDER ROAD FLOODING AND FLOODING OF OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. GALVESTON ISLAND IS ALSO SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND ELEVATED TIDES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND
ADJACENT TO CREEKS AND BAYOUS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON...STREETS...FRONTAGE ROADS...AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND!

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.