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WGUS84 KHGX 081327
FLSHGX
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
827 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026
TXC071-167-081515-
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CHAMBERS TX-GALVESTON TX-
827 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, CHAMBERS AND GALVESTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1015 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
WATER OVER ROADWAYS. PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS
OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 825 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE HEAVIEST
TOTALS IN THE ADVISORY REGION HAVE BEEN MEASURED ALONG THE
BOLIVAR PENINSULA.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GALVESTON ISLAND WEST END, GALVESTON PIER 21, JAMAICA BEACH,
PORT BOLIVAR, PELICAN ISLAND, THE STRAND, GALVESTON PLEASURE
PIER, GALVESTON ISLAND EAST END, CRYSTAL BEACH, OFFATTS
BAYOU, MOODY GARDENS, SCHLITTERBAHN, SCHOLES FIELD, BOLIVAR
PENINSULA, ROLLOVER PASS, GALVESTON STATE PARK, GILCHRIST,
HIGH ISLAND AND SAN LUIS PASS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 2909 9513 2913 9511 2931 9484 2936 9483
2948 9468 2954 9456 2953 9450 2958 9444
2961 9438 2956 9436 2941 9467 2937 9470
2933 9472 2908 9512
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