Madisonville, TX Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is
forecast.

* WHERE...Navasota River near Normangee.

* WHEN...Until late Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Major lowland flooding begins with massive
inundation of the flood plain as the river is close to 2 miles
wide and OSR become inundated one half mile on the right bank and
1.5 miles on the left bank.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:00 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 19.9 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 2:00 PM CDT Tuesday was 19.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 21.3
feet late this evening. It will then fall below flood stage
late Saturday evening.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
20.5 feet on 01/31/1999.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Fld   Observed           Forecasts (4 pm CDT)
Location      Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Wed   Thu   Fri

Navasota River
Normangee     15.0  19.9  Tue 2 pm CDT 18.7  16.8  16.0


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...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.

* WHERE...Trinity River near Crockett.

* WHEN...Until Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 45.0 feet, Moderate lowland flooding begins in the
vicinity of the gage impacting livestock grazing and prison farms.
In past floods problems occurred from the Highway 7 bridge
downstream to Highway 21 bridge due to high flows in the backwater
of Lake Livingston.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:45 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 46.5 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 35.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 1:45 PM CDT Tuesday was 46.6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
Saturday morning and continue falling to 39.0 feet early
Sunday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 41.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
46.4 feet on 05/22/1965.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Fld   Observed           Forecasts (1 pm CDT)
Location     Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Wed   Thu   Fri

Trinity River
Crockett     41.0  46.5  Tue 1 pm CDT 45.9  44.5  42.2


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