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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
814 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

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

  Navasota River near Normangee affecting Brazos, Madison and
  Grimes Counties.

For the Navasota River...including Normangee...Major 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.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

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.

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

The next statement will be issued by late tonight at 215 AM CDT.

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814 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
  This approaches the flood of record.

* WHERE...Navasota River near Normangee.

* WHEN...Until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Major lowland flooding begins with massive
  inundation of the flood plain as the river is close to 2 miles
  wide and OSR become inundated one half mile on the right bank and
  1.5 miles on the left bank.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:00 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 21.6 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 8:00 AM CDT Sunday was 25.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
    late Thursday evening and continue falling to 14.6 feet
    Friday morning.
  - Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    22.4 feet on 03/11/2016.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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              Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location      Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Mon   Tue   Wed

Navasota River
Normangee     15.0  21.6  Sun 8 am CDT 18.0  17.3  16.6


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LAT...LON 3111 9622 3097 9619 3087 9614 3087 9624
      3097 9629 3111 9633


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