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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX

927 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024



...The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston TX has issued a 

Flood Warning for the following rivers in Texas...



  East Fork San Jacinto near New Caney affecting Liberty, Harris 

  and Montgomery Counties.



For the East Fork San Jacinto River...including Cleveland, New 

Caney...Major 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 330 AM CDT.



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927 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SATURDAY 

MORNING...



* WHAT...Major flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...East Fork San Jacinto near New Caney.



* WHEN...From this evening to early Saturday morning.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 1:00 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 56.9 feet.

  - Bankfull stage 54.5 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    this evening to a crest of 71.9 feet tomorrow morning. It

    will then fall below flood stage Friday afternoon.

  - Flood stage is 58.0 feet.

  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of

    71.7 feet on 11/14/1998.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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  Fld   Observed           Forecasts (10 am CDT)

Location             Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Wed   Thu   Fri



East Fork San Jacinto

New Caney            58.0  56.9  Tue 1 am CDT 71.6  66.7  60.9





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LAT...LON 3024 9515 3024 9504 3007 9510 3007 9520

      3014 9517





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Cady