URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
430 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004
...FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 600 PM TODAY.
THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...AUSTIN...
COLORADO...WHARTON...JACKSON...MATAGORDA...BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...
GALVESTON...HARRIS...LIBERTY...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...
TRINITY...HOUSTON...MADISON...BRAZOS...BURLESON...WASHINGTON...
GRIMES...WALKER...AND WALLER COUNTIES.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN TODAY ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND BEGIN
TO SLOWLY EDGE EASTWARD TOWARD SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AHEAD OF THIS STORM
SYSTEM...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE ALREADY INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY...
REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. WHERE THIS TRAINING
OCCURS...FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMMON TODAY...WITH ISOLATED AREAS POSSIBLY
RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT
AND ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE
WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED LATER TODAY.
REMEMBER...A FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...
CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY
FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
505 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004
GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-012200-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-
GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-
WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
505 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004
...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH IS EXPECTED TO BE COMMON
TODAY IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE PRESENT JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE TODAY. BECAUSE OF THESE STRONG WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE...ANY
DOWNDRAFT FROM A THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
WHEN A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED OVER PALACIOS EARLY THIS
MORNING...A 45 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME ORGANIZED AND
PRODUCE SEVERE WIND GUSTS TODAY. SEVERE WIND GUSTS ARE THOSE
THAT EQUAL OR EXCEED 58 MPH.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR
FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES TODAY.
$$
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