Flood Warning in Houston County, Texas
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
6/12/2024 8:24:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
6/12/2024 8:24:00 PM until 6/13/2024 2:30:00 PM
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/hgx.
The next statement will be issued Thursday afternoon at 230 PM CDT.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Trinity River near Crockett affecting Trinity, Walker, Madison
and Houston Counties.
Trinity River at Liberty affecting Liberty County.
Trinity River at Riverside affecting Trinity, San Jacinto, Polk
and Walker Counties.
Trinity River near Moss Bluff affecting Liberty and Chambers
Counties.
For the Trinity River...including Crockett, Riverside, Romayor,
Goodrich, Liberty, Moss Bluff...Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Trinity River near Crockett.
* WHEN...Until late Sunday 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 7:45 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 44.8 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 35.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:45 PM CDT Wednesday was 45.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
late Sunday morning and continue falling to 38.5 feet Monday
evening.
- Flood stage is 41.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
44.7 feet on 03/09/2001.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood




