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Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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WGUS44 KHGX 210807
FLWHGX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
307 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024

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

  Long King Creek near Livingston affecting Polk and San Jacinto
  Counties.

For the Long King Creek...including Livingston...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 this evening at 915 PM CDT.

&&

TXC373-407-220215-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FL.W.0049.240421T1041Z-240422T0847Z/
/LIVT2.1.ER.240421T1041Z.240421T1200Z.240421T2046Z.NO/
307 AM CDT Sun Apr 21 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Long King Creek near Livingston.

* WHEN...Until late tonight.

* IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, At levels above 19 feet minor lowland
  flooding begins as water escapes the main channel of the creek.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 2:30 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 15.1 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    early this morning to a crest of 20.6 feet this morning. It
    will then fall below flood stage late this afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    20.5 feet on 05/03/2009.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

               Fld   Observed           Forecasts (1 am CDT)
Location       Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Mon   Tue   Wed

Long King Creek
Livingston     19.0  15.1  Sun 2 am CDT 12.2  4.0   3.5


&&

LAT...LON 3092 9480 3072 9490 3057 9490 3057 9500
      3072 9501 3092 9491


$$

Cady