Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
831 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

TXZ200-213-214-227-237-238-161415-
CHAMBERS TX-FORT BEND TX-BRAZORIA TX-GALVESTON TX-HARRIS TX-
LIBERTY TX-
831 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY...CENTRAL
CHAMBERS...NORTHEASTERN BRAZORIA...EASTERN FORT BEND...EASTERN
HARRIS AND NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM CDT...

AT 830 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH BELT / ELLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
TO 50 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PASADENA...PEARLAND...LEAGUE CITY...BAYTOWN...FRIENDSWOOD...LA
PORTE...DEER PARK...ALVIN...SOUTH HOUSTON...SEABROOK...WEBSTER...
MANVEL...KEMAH...CLEAR LAKE...SOUTH BELT / ELLINGTON...GREATER HOBBY
AREA...FRESNO...NASSAU BAY...TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE AND EL LAGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 2953 9479 2955 9475 2969 9469 2976 9469
      2979 9473 2976 9482 2965 9491 2970 9494
      2971 9504 2975 9504 2971 9506 2968 9498
      2964 9502 2954 9502 2950 9495 2940 9546
      2966 9542 2989 9457 2960 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 246DEG 45KT 2960 9519

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