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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
421 AM CDT THU SEP 3 2026
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POLK TX-SAN JACINTO TX-
421 AM CDT THU SEP 3 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
CENTRAL SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* WHEN...UNTIL 645 AM CDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE
ESPECIALLY ALONG FM 3128 NORTHEAST OF COLDSPRING AND SH 150 WEST OF
SHEPHERD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 418 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, AND MONITORING APPROACHING
SCATTERED SHOWERS. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS VERY LOW IN THIS AREA
DUE TO PREVIOUS ROUNDS OF RAINFALL, ESPECIALLY NEAR COLDSPRING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING WOULD LIKELY WARRANT AN UPGRADE
BACK TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHEPHERD, COLDSPRING AND LAKE LIVINGSTON STATE PARK.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3058 9500 3050 9501 3049 9502 3047 9505
3047 9512 3049 9517 3055 9520 3061 9520
3066 9515 3069 9507 3068 9502 3067 9501
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