Flood Warning Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
837 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
...The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston TX has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Texas...
Trinity River at Liberty affecting Liberty County.
For the Trinity River...including Liberty...Minor 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 late tonight at 245 AM CDT.
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837 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Trinity River at Liberty.
* WHEN...From this afternoon until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 27.0 feet, Moderate lowland flooding begins as roads
into several outlying communities above Liberty are closed with
residents in 5 or 6 subdivisions cut off if not evacuated.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:15 AM CDT Monday the stage was 25.7 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 21.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
this afternoon and continue rising to a crest of 26.8 feet
tomorrow evening.
- Flood stage is 26.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
26.9 feet on 04/15/1955.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Fld Observed Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Tue Wed Thu
Trinity River
Liberty 26.0 25.7 Mon 8 am CDT 26.6 26.8 26.7
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LAT...LON 3027 9475 2996 9470 2996 9487 3027 9489
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