Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued Wednesday afternoon at 130 PM CST.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Trinity River at Liberty affecting Liberty County.
Trinity River near Moss Bluff affecting Chambers and Liberty
Counties.
San Bernard River near Boling affecting Fort Bend, Brazoria and
Wharton Counties.
For the Trinity River...including Crockett, Riverside, Romayor,
Goodrich, Liberty, Moss Bluff...Major flooding is forecast.
For the San Bernard River...including East Bernard, Sweeny, Boling...
Minor flooding is forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Trinity River at Liberty.
* WHEN...Until late Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 29.0 feet, Major lowland flooding begins as homes in
several subdivisions above Liberty begin flooding. Extensive
flooding over much of Liberty County can be expected with each
incremental rise in the river.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:15 PM CST Tuesday the stage was 29.3 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 21.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 6:15 PM CST Tuesday was 29.7 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
late Friday morning and continue falling to 18.7 feet Sunday
evening.
- Flood stage is 26.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
29.3 feet on 05/12/1957.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Fld Observed Forecasts (6 pm CST)
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Wed Thu Fri
Trinity River
Liberty 26.0 29.3 Tue 6 pm CST 28.6 27.2 24.9
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