Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Sep 16, 1998, 12:24 PM CDT (17:24 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 1998, 3:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Jackson County, TX

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1224 PM CDT WED SEP 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 1215 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING FROM PALACIOS AND MATAGORDA BAY
  INTO GANADO.  THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE
  COUNTY BY 1 PM.

* DURING THE LAST 3 HOURS...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN
  1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL OVER JACKSON COUNTY.  IN EDNA A
  THREE HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT NOON OF 1.5 WAS REPORTED.  THE
  CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
  THROUGH 3 PM.

* VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED IN THE LOW-LYING AREAS
  FOR THE CITY OF EDNA.  NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS WERE STILL CLOSED AT
  NOON DUE TO HIGH WATER.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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.



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NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 16, 9:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
952 AM CDT WED SEP 16 1998

MRNG ANALYSIS SHOWS MID-UPR SHEER AXIS HAS SHIFTED SLTLY FURTHER
WEST AND HELPING TO CONCENTRATE AREA OF SHWRS/TSTMS OVR WRN SECTIONS
OF FA.  MRNG SOUNDINGS AND SATL LOOP SHOW SLGTLY DRIER AIR TRYING TO
ADVECT IN FM THE EAST WITH HGT RISES ALSO NOTED OVR ERN SECTIONS AS
EAST COAST MID-UPR RIDGE NOSES IN.  PW'S AT CRP RMN SUPER MOIST WITH
NEARLY 2.5 INCH PW'S WHILE LCH IS DOWN TO 1.65 INCHES.  ALTHO AFTN
HTG WILL INTERACT WITH MOD INSTABILITY AND MOIST TO PRODUCE SCT
SHWRS TSTMS AREA WIDE...BELIEVE HIGHEST THREAT OF RAIN IS OVR WRN
AREA.  THEREFORE...WOULD LIKE TO BREAK OUT WRN COUNTIES WHERE
HIGHEST THREAT OF RAIN IS...AS ERN SECTIONS SHUD SEE MUCH LESS
ACTIVITY THAN PREVIOUS DAYS.  HOWEVER...SINCE AREA RMNS HEAVILY
SATURATED...WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH UP FOR ENTIRE FA THRU TDY
THEN PSBLY TWEEK BACK ON ERN COUNTIES WITH AFTN FCST PACKAGE ONCE
SEE HOW AFTN COVERAGE GOES.  39

PRELIMS...
NNW E/B B/B 087/072 092/071 6333 (BRAZOS/BURLESON/GRIMES/MADISON
                                  /WASHINGTON)

ERN E/B B/E 089/072 092/071 4233 (WALKER/SAN JACINTO/POLK/HARRIS
                                  /MONTGOMERY/LIBERTY)

WRN C/B B/E 086/074 092/073 6344 (AUSTIN/COLORADO/WALLER/WHARTON
                                  /FORT BEND)

GLS E/B B/E 086/077 087/077 4244 (GALVESTON/CHAMBERS)
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SW  C/B B/E 085/076 085/076 6354 (BRAZORIA/MATAGORDA/JACKSON)

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