Severe Weather Tuesday Morning

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Its Tuesday Morning and a line of severe storms just moved through - made our lectricity go off for several minutes - I got up to reset all the alarm clocks - its only 2:00 a.m.!!

Looks like we are in for a long night of storms.

Patricia

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THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR.
MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SE TX
GALVESTON COUNTY IN SE TX
BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SE TX
CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SE TX
JACKSON COUNTY IN SE TX
WHARTON COUNTY IN SE TX
FORT BEND COUNTY IN SE TX
HARRIS COUNTY IN SE TX

* UNTIL 500 AM CST

* AT 155 AM CST.DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED & LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG &
SO. OF A LINE FROM BAYTOWN TO LEAGUE CITY TO ANGLETON.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR.
ALVIN.ANAHUAC.ANGLETON.BACLIFF.BAY CITY.DICKINSON.
FRIENDSWOOD.KEMAH.LEAGUE CITY.PALACIOS.SEABROOK.
SWEENY.WEBSTER.WEST COLUMBIA.ROSHARON.& WALLISVILLE.

BETWEEN 145 AM & 200 AM CST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN LEAGUE CITY. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE
RAINFALL WERE BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL
SINCE 7 PM HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS WITH SOME
LOCATIONS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 4 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1
TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 5 AM CST.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND
ADJACENT TO SMALL CREEKS & BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY.FRONTAGE ROADS.
HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES.FARM-TO-MARKET.& OTHER SECONDARY ROADS MAY
FLOOD.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DEPTH & SPEED OF FLASH FLOOD WATERS. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING
IS OBSERVED. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
TO RISE.

AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND!

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF.LOCAL POLICE.
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATL WEATHER SVC.

LAT.LON 2987 9485 2988 9439 2955 9439 2949 9467
2888 9537 2839 9638 2841 9640 2862 9599
2856 9623 2869 9622 2864 9632 2872 9642
2873 9665 2908 9694 2933 9648 2962 9605
2981 9583 3009 9567 3017 9556 3009 9542
3002 9528 3018 9509 3000 9509 2987 9501

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[Bozo]

Metro Rail shut down this morning due to high water. That should make my daughter happy.

It's been pouring here since at least 3:30 when I got up. Still can't get to the rain gage-ARGH!!!