NWS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF HARRIS CTY INCLUDING GREATER ATASCOCITA AREA UNTIL 5:30 PM
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
324 PM CDT SUN SEP 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 323 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN WITH THE STRONGEST STORM SOUTH OF HOUSTON BUSH AIRPORT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUMBLE...JERSEY VILLAGE...NORTHSIDE / NORTHLINE...GREATER
HEIGHTS...ALDINE...GREATER GREENSPOINT...NEAR NORTHSIDE HOUSTON...
SPRING...ACRES HOME...EASTEX / JENSEN AREA...FAIRBANKS / NORTHWEST
CROSSING...BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...EAST LITTLE YORK /
HOMESTEAD...CENTRAL NORTHWEST...HIDDEN VALLEY...CARVERDALE...
LANGWOOD...SPLASHTOWN...INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS AND GREATER INWOOD.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL MAKE MINOR FLOODING.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
Address/Location
Atascocita Fire Department
7642 Farmingham Rd
Humble, TX 77346
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 281-852-2181