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City of Cleveland, Texas
Monday May 17th, 2021 :: 01:42 p.m. CDT

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Flash Flood Watch until 07:00AM Thursday

The National Weather Service in League City has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for portions of south central Texas and southeast Texas, including the following areas, in south central Texas, Coastal Jackson and Inland Jackson. In southeast Texas, Austin, Bolivar Peninsula, Brazoria Islands, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Coastal Brazoria, Coastal Galveston, Coastal Harris, Coastal Matagorda, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston Island, Grimes, Houston, Inland Brazoria, Inland Galveston, Inland Harris, Inland Matagorda, Madison, Matagorda Islands, Montgomery, Northern Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto, Southern Liberty, Trinity, Walker, Waller, Washington and Wharton.

* Through Thursday morning

* Heavy rain will focus on a slow moving outflow boundary this afternoon into this evening and produce 1 to 3 inches of rain with locally higher amounts possible. An upper level disturbance will bring additional showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday with another 1 to 3 inches of rain with again locally higher totals. A stronger upper level disturbance will bring yet another round of heavy rain Wednesday into Thursday with additional rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches of rain with again locally higher totals possible. Storm total rainfall by Thursday morning will average between 4 and 8 inches with isolated totals possibly exceeding ten inches. The flood threat will be strongly dependent on where the rain falls and how quickly it falls.

* AFFECTED AREAS: HOUSTON ... TRINITY ... MADISON ... WALKER ... SAN JACINTO ... POLK ... BURLESON ... BRAZOS ... WASHINGTON ... GRIMES ... MONTGOMERY ... NORTHERN LIBERTY ... COLORADO ... AUSTIN ... WALLER ... INLAND HARRIS ... CHAMBERS ... WHARTON ... FORT BEND ... INLAND JACKSON ... INLAND MATAGORDA ... INLAND BRAZORIA ... INLAND GALVESTON ... SOUTHERN LIBERTY ... COASTAL HARRIS ... COASTAL JACKSON ... COASTAL MATAGORDA ... COASTAL BRAZORIA ... COASTAL GALVESTON ... MATAGORDA ISLANDS ... BRAZORIA ISLANDS ... GALVESTON ISLAND ... BOLIVAR PENINSULA

Instructions:

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
City of Cleveland, Texas
907 E Houston St
Cleveland, TX 77327

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 281-592-2667

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flash Flood Watch

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