Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Mar 28, 1990, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 1990, 2:45 AM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Polk County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
1042 PM CST WED MAR 28 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY
 
PERSISTANT THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS HAVE CAUSED SOME
LOCAL FLOODING IN THE SOUTHCENTRAL PART OF POLK COUNTY...SLIGHTLY
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON. THERE WERE REPORTS
FROM THE SHERRIFS DEPARTMENT OF 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY
2457...6 INCHES OVER FM 3126...AND STREET FLOODING IN SMALL
COMMUNITIES A LITTLE SOUTH OF LIVINGSTON.  MAJOR HIGHWAYS APPEAR TO
BE IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE COUNTY IS STEADILY DIMINISHING AND
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST...SO THAT RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE RECEIVED FLOODING CAN EXPECT RELIEF AS FAR AS ANY FURTHER
HEAVY RAINS...WITH RAINS GRADUALL ENDING ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE
NEXT HOUR.
 
HOWEVER...FLOODED AREAS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO RECEDE AND MAY TAKE
SEVERAL HOURS DO SO.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
620 PM CST WED MAR 28 1990

AT 620 PM...RADAR SHOWS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED NEAR THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF LAKE LIVINGSTON AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST. BOATERS ON THE NORTHERN END OF LAKE LIVINGSTON SHOULD HEAD
FOR SAFE HARBOUR IMMEDIATELY AS THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.

ELSEWHERE...OTHEdR THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM JUST NORTH OF LAKE
CONROE TO A LITTLE SOUTH OF LUFKIN... MOVING EASTWARD.  THESE ARE ALSO
CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE NEXT
ONE TO TWO HOURS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
823 PM CST WED MAR 28 1990

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN A FEW COUNTIES NEAR
LAKE LIVINGSTON....AND STILL CONTINUE FROM NEAR MADISONVILLE TO
HUNTSVILLE TO LAKE LIVINGSTON AND EAST OF LAKE LIVINGSTON.

JUDGING FROM RADAR INTENSITIES AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES MAY HAVE
FALLEN IN PARTS OF WALKER...TRINITY...SAN JACINTO....AND POLK COUNTIES
IN SPOT LOCATIONS WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS.  THERE HAVE
BEEN NO REPORTS OF FLOODING AT THIS TIME.  HOWEVER IT IS LIKELY THAT
THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH WHILE` INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN IT ARE MOVING EAST.   GRADUAL DIMINISHING
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER THESE COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

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