Watches, Warnings & Advisories



One product issued by NWS for: Oak Ridge North TX

Flood Warning

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
944 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2024

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

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

  San Bernard River near Boling affecting Brazoria, Fort Bend and
  Wharton Counties.

  San Bernard River near Sweeny affecting Brazoria County.

  East Fork San Jacinto near New Caney affecting Harris, Montgomery
  and Liberty Counties.

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...

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

  Menard Creek near Rye affecting Polk, Hardin and Liberty Counties.

  Tres Palacios River near Midfield affecting Wharton and Matagorda
  Counties.

For the Trinity River...including Crockett, Riverside, Romayor,
Goodrich, Liberty, Moss Bluff...Moderate flooding is forecast.
For the Menard Creek...including Rye...Moderate flooding is forecast.
For the East Fork San Jacinto River...including New Caney,
Cleveland...Moderate flooding is forecast.
For the San Bernard River...including Sweeny, East Bernard, Boling...
Minor flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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

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

Saturday afternoon at 345 PM CDT.

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944 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2024

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

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

* WHERE...East Fork San Jacinto near New Caney.

* WHEN...Until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 68.5 feet, Moderate lowland flooding continues with
  water over the lowest slab elevations of buildings on the
  downstream side near the gauge, as well as several hunting camps
  along the left bank approximately 2 miles downstream of the gauge
  begin to take on water. Widespread flooding continues in the
  vicinity of the gauge and in the right floodplain with many roads
  including FM 1485 inundated and closed.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 66.6 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 54.5 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 9:00 PM CDT Friday was 67.2 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to fall to 58.0 feet
    Wednesday evening.
  - Flood stage is 58.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    66.7 feet on 11/07/2002.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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

East Fork San Jacinto
New Caney            58.0  66.6  Fri 9 pm CDT 62.8  61.4  61.2


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LAT...LON 3024 9515 3024 9504 3007 9510 3007 9520
      3014 9517


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