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WGUS44 KHGX 120318
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1018 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and
increased in duration for the following rivers in Texas...

  Brazos River near Rosharon affecting Brazoria and Fort Bend
  Counties.

For the Brazos River...including West Columbia, US 59,  Sugar Land,
TX, Richmond, Rosharon...Moderate flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

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 Sunday afternoon at 430 PM CDT.

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TXC039-157-122130-
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/ROST2.2.ER.240508T2100Z.240513T0000Z.240515T2200Z.NO/
1018 PM CDT Sat May 11 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
  forecast.

* WHERE...Brazos River near Rosharon.

* WHEN...Until early Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 47.0 feet, Moderate lowland flooding begins in the
  vicinity of the gage.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:00 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 46.5 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 42.0 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 10:00 PM CDT Saturday was 46.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 47.0
    feet tomorrow evening. It will then fall below flood stage
    Wednesday afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 43.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    47.1 feet on 07/12/2007.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

            Fld   Observed           Forecasts (10 pm CDT)
Location    Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Sun   Mon   Tue

Brazos River
Rosharon    43.0  46.5  Sat 10 pm CD 47.0  46.5  45.1


&&

LAT...LON 2943 9549 2932 9552 2919 9552 2919 9563
      2932 9566 2943 9561


$$

Cady