Flood Statement
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
135 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...

  Trinity River at Riverside affecting Polk, Trinity, San Jacinto
  and Walker Counties.

For the Trinity River...including Riverside, Liberty, Moss Bluff...
Moderate flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 by this evening.Thursday morning
at 745 AM CDT.

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135 PM CDT Wed Jun 19 2024

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

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

* WHERE...Trinity River at Riverside.

* WHEN...Until early Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 136.8 feet, Moderate lowland flooding continues as
  the approaches to the FM 3478 bridge upstream of the gage are
  inundated and impassable. The lowest homes in the Green Rich
  Shores Subdivision are flooded with up to one half foot of water.
  Thomas Lake Road remains flooded and the lowest roads into
  properties off FM 980 northwest of Riverside are inundated and
  impassable.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 12:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 136.4 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 133.0 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 12:30 PM CDT Wednesday was 136.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
    Sunday afternoon and continue falling to 132.9 feet Monday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 133.5 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    136.7 feet on 03/21/2016.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

             Fld   Observed           Forecasts (1 pm CDT)
Location     Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Thu   Fri   Sat

Trinity River
Riverside    133.5 136.4 Wed 12 pm CD 135.9 135.3 134.7


&&

LAT...LON 3097 9584 3096 9562 3093 9528 3082 9528
      3087 9562 3088 9584


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