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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
855 AM CDT FRI APR 26 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
TRINITY RIVER NEAR MOSS BLUFF AFFECTING CHAMBERS AND LIBERTY
COUNTIES.
FOR THE TRINITY RIVER...INCLUDING MOSS BLUFF...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 300 AM CDT.
TXC071-291-270800-
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855 AM CDT FRI APR 26 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...TRINITY RIVER NEAR MOSS BLUFF.
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.2 FEET, MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS IN THE
VICINITY OF THE GAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:30 AM CDT FRIDAY WAS 12.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.7
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
SUNDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.2 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
12.7 FEET ON 04/14/2002.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SAT SUN MON
TRINITY RIVER
MOSS BLUFF 12.2 12.7 FRI 8 AM CDT 12.5 12.3 11.9
LAT...LON 2996 9470 2979 9466 2979 9479 2996 9487
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