Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
323 PM CST MON JAN 7 2013
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-080530-
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AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY...
BELLVILLE...BRENHAM...BROOKSHIRE...BRYAN...CALDWELL...CLEVELAND...
COLDSPRING...COLLEGE STATION...COLUMBUS...CONROE...CORRIGAN...
CROCKETT...DAYTON...EAGLE LAKE...EDNA...EL CAMPO...FREEPORT...
FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON...GROVETON...HEMPSTEAD...HOUSTON...
HUMBLE...HUNTSVILLE...KATY...LAKE JACKSON...LAKE SOMERVILLE...
LEAGUE CITY...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON...MADISONVILLE...
MISSOURI CITY...MONT BELVIEU...NAVASOTA...ONALASKA...PALACIOS...
PASADENA...PEARLAND...PIERCE...PRAIRIE VIEW...RICHMOND...
ROSENBERG...SEALY...SHEPHERD...SUGAR LAND...TEXAS CITY...
THE WOODLANDS...TOMBALL...TRINITY...WEIMAR...WHARTON...WILLIS...
WINNIE
323 PM CST MON JAN 7 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...BRAZOS...
BURLESON...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT BEND...GALVESTON...
GRIMES...HARRIS...HOUSTON...JACKSON...LIBERTY...MADISON...
MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...
WALKER...WALLER...WASHINGTON AND WHARTON.
* FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
* RAIN IS EXPECTED TO START EARLY TUESDAY NEAR THE COAST AND THEN
EXPAND NORTHWARD. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL REGION
LATE TUESDAY AND WILL HELP TO FOCUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE WESTERN AREAS. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH SOME AREAS
RECEIVING 5 TO 7 INCH AMOUNTS.
* GIVEN THE LONG DURATION OF THE RAINFALL STREET FLOODING WILL
BECOME MORE COMMON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WORSEN WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TRAVEL MAY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. MAINSTEM RIVER AND BAYOU FLOODING
MAY BECOME INVOLVED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE
LARGE AREAL EXTENT OF THE RAINFALL AND THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR
THE GROUND TO QUICKLY SATURATE AND RAIN TO RUNOFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
IF POSSIBLE AVOID TRAVEL TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND EXPECT
DELAYS IF TRAVEL CANNOT BE PUT OFF TO A LATER TIME.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
AS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
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