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WGUS44 KHGX 281336
FLWHGX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
836 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
TRES PALACIOS RIVER NEAR MIDFIELD AFFECTING MATAGORDA AND WHARTON
COUNTIES.
FOR THE TRES PALACIOS RIVER...INCLUDING MIDFIELD...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 LATE TONIGHT AT 130 AM CDT.
TXC321-481-290630-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FL.W.0003.260528T1336Z-260529T0622Z/
/MTPT2.1.ER.260527T2333Z.260528T0915Z.260528T1821Z.NO/
836 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TRES PALACIOS RIVER NEAR MIDFIELD.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS AS WATER
SPILLS INTO THE FLOODPLAIN ON THE RIGHT UPSTREAM BANK AND COVERS
THE MEANDER POINT AT THE MEANDER CURVE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:30 AM CDT THURSDAY WAS 25.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 4.8 FEET TUESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
25.0 FEET ON 05/20/2000.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
TRES PALACIOS RIVER
MIDFIELD 24.0 25.0 THU 7 AM CDT 17.7 9.3 6.5
LAT...LON 2905 9609 2892 9612 2884 9610 2884 9620
2892 9622 2905 9620
COTTO (24)
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