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Atascocita Fire Department
Monday May 11th, 2015 :: 03:10 p.m. CDT

Advisory

NWS HAS EXPANDED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE THE GREATER ATASCOCITA AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS EXPANDED
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH...

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...
CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT BEND...GALVESTON...HARRIS...
JACKSON...LIBERTY...MATAGORDA...WALLER AND WHARTON.

* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* OVERALL RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO
1 INCH ACROSS THE AREA BUT THERE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN PARTS OF HARRIS COUNTY AND COLORADO
COUNTY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT AS
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE AREA. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. WITH STORMS
MOVING SLOWLY AND OVER AREAS THAT HAVE HAD RAINFALL...FLASH
FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE.

* FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR WITH 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OR MORE IN
AN HOUR ACROSS THESE AREAS. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLOODED
ROADS...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. RAPID RISES ON
AREA BAYOUS COULD IMPACT STREETS AND POSSIBLY AFFECT HOMES.
RISES ON AREA RIVERS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

Address/Location
Atascocita Fire Department
7642 Farmingham Rd
Humble, TX 77346

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 281-852-2181

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