Palestine, Texas

The Flood Warning continues for
the Neches River near Alto.
* Until Saturday evening... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 6 am Tuesday the estimated stage was 17.1 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue to recede and fall below
flood stage Friday afternoon.

1019 am CST Tue Nov 10 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the Neches River near Neches.
* Until Sunday evening... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 9:30 am Tuesday the stage was 13.6 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall and recede below
flood stage Saturday morning.

832 am CST Tue Nov 10 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the Trinity River near Long Lake.
* Until Friday afternoon... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 0730 am Tuesday the stage was 36.55 feet.
* Flood stage is 35 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river has crested and will continue to recede and
fall below flood stage by Friday after midnight.



                     Fld observed forecast 6 am
location stg stg day time Wed Thu Fri Sat

Trinity River
Long Lake 35 36.5 Tue 07 am 36.0 35.5 34.9 34.4

... Today is winter weather awareness day in Texas...

The National Weather Service and the state of Texas division
of emergency management have designated November 10th as winter
weather awareness day in Texas. This is an annual safety Campaign
designed to promote winter weather awareness and safety.

While winter weather is not as common in North Texas as it is to our
north... now is the time to prepare for the upcoming winter weather
season. The winter of 2009-2010 will be influenced by a moderate El
Nino. Likely impacts from El Nino will be near normal temperatures
and above normal precipitation. Past El Nino years... such as 1996-
1997... have produced above normal occurrences of snow and/or ice
storms across North Texas. In fact... the most likely impact during
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