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Burleson County Office of Emergency Management
Friday August 25th, 2017 :: 04:44 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Flash Flood Watch extended.

Austin-Brazoria-Brazos-Burleson-Chambers-Colorado-Fort Bend-
Galveston-Grimes-Harris-Jackson-Liberty-Matagorda-Montgomery-
Waller-Washington-Wharton-
Including the cities of Alvin, Anahuac, Angleton, Bay City,
Bellville, Brenham, Brookshire, Bryan, Caldwell, Cleveland,
College Station, Columbus, Conroe, Dayton, Eagle Lake, Edna,
El Campo, Freeport, Friendswood, Galveston, Hempstead, Houston,
Humble, Katy, Lake Jackson, Lake Somerville, League City,
Liberty, Missouri City, Mont Belvieu, Navasota, Palacios,
Pasadena, Pearland, Pierce, Prairie View, Richmond, Rosenberg,
Sealy, Sugar Land, Texas City, The Woodlands, Tomball, Weimar,
Wharton, Willis, and Winnie
437 PM CDT Fri Aug 25 2017

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

The Flash Flood Watch is now in effect for

* Portions of Southeast Texas and southeast Texas...including
the following counties...in Southeast Texas...Jackson. In
southeast Texas...Austin...Brazoria...Brazos...Burleson...
Chambers...Colorado...Fort Bend...Galveston...Grimes...
Harris...Liberty...Matagorda...Montgomery...Waller...
Washington and Wharton.

* Through Tuesday evening

* Locally heavy rainfall is likely as rainbands continue moving
onshore this afternoon and tonight. Periods of heavy rainfall
are likely from Harvey through at least Tuesday evening. Harvey
is expected to produce total rainfall amounts of 15 to 35 inches
with isolated maximum amounts of 40 inches through next
Wednesday. Rainfall of this magnitude will cause catastrophic
and life-threatening flooding.

* It is possible that additional Southeast Texas counties will be
added to the Flash Flood Watch as this event unfolds, and the
Flash Flood Watch itself could be extended beyond Tuesday
evening.

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
Burleson County Office of Emergency Management
100 West Buck Street
Caldwell, TX 77836

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 979-567-2008

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