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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
918 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

...The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston TX has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Texas...

  Trinity River near Crockett affecting Walker, Houston, Madison
  and Trinity Counties.

.Recent rains will route down to the area resulting in an expected
rise to above flood stage.

For the Trinity River...including Crockett...Moderate flooding is
forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/hgx.

The next statement will be issued Thursday afternoon at 330 PM CDT.

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918 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Trinity River near Crockett.

* WHEN...From Thursday evening until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 45.0 feet, Moderate lowland flooding begins in the
  vicinity of the gage impacting livestock grazing and prison farms.
  In past floods problems occurred from the Highway 7 bridge
  downstream to Highway 21 bridge due to high flows in the backwater
  of Lake Livingston.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:45 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 38.0 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 35.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late tomorrow evening and continue rising to 45.3 feet Monday
    evening. Additional rises are possible thereafter.
  - Flood stage is 41.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    45.3 feet on 01/13/1998.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

             Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 pm CDT)
Location     Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Thu   Fri   Sat

Trinity River
Crockett     41.0  38.0  Wed 8 pm CDT 40.6  42.8  43.8


&&

LAT...LON 3150 9569 3133 9560 3109 9571 3109 9582
      3133 9572 3150 9580


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