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WGUS44 KHGX 171514
FLWHGX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1014 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
SAN BERNARD RIVER NEAR SWEENY AFFECTING BRAZORIA COUNTY.
FOR THE SAN BERNARD RIVER...INCLUDING SWEENY...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.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 415 AM CDT.
TXC039-180915-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FL.W.0010.260617T1514Z-260618T0936Z/
/OCNT2.1.ER.260617T1350Z.260617T1800Z.260617T2136Z.NO/
1014 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SAN BERNARD RIVER NEAR SWEENY.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.5 FEET, LAZY G RV BOAT RAMP TAKES ON WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 7.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 7.3
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
7.4 FEET ON 12/14/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
SAN BERNARD RIVER
SWEENY 7.0 7.2 WED 9 AM CDT 3.4 1.7 1.4
LAT...LON 2913 9566 2902 9554 2888 9543 2888 9553
2902 9565 2913 9577
KLG
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