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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
722 AM CST WED JAN 24 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
COLORADO RIVER ABOVE LA GRANGE AFFECTING FAYETTE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 730 PM CST.
TXC149-250130-
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/LGRT2.1.ER.240124T1700Z.240124T1700Z.240124T1700Z.NO/
722 AM CST WED JAN 24 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...COLORADO RIVER ABOVE LA GRANGE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 26.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING COVERS LOW AREAS OF
THE FLOOD PLAIN WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. LOWEST ROADS AND
BRIDGES ARE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:01 AM CST WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 26.0
FEET LATE THIS MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
COLORADO RIVER
LA GRANGE 26.0 25.4 WED 7 AM CST 17.5 10.9 7.1
LAT...LON 2989 9692 2996 9686 2982 9669 2976 9675
CM
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