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WGUS44 KHGX 021556
FLWHGX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1056 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
MENARD CREEK NEAR RYE AFFECTING HARDIN, POLK AND LIBERTY COUNTIES.
FOR THE MENARD CREEK...INCLUDING RYE...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 500 AM CDT.
TXC199-291-373-031000-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FL.W.0018.260902T2047Z-260905T1700Z/
/RYET2.2.ER.260902T2047Z.260904T0600Z.260905T0527Z.NO/
1056 AM CDT WED SEP 2 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MENARD CREEK NEAR RYE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS AS WATER
ESCAPES THE MAIN CHANNEL IN THE VICINITY OF THE GAGE. AT 23.0 FEET,
MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS AS LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE CREEK
ARE INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:15 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 23.5 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE TO 27.0 FEET EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 26.9
FEET ON 02/03/2012.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3056 9464 3049 9475 3042 9472 3044 9483
3053 9486 3056 9475
KLG
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