…The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston TX has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Texas…
Navasota River near Normangee affecting Brazos, Madison and
Grimes Counties.
For the Navasota River…including Normangee…Major flooding is
forecast.
* WHAT…Major flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Navasota River near Normangee.
* WHEN…From this evening until further notice.
* IMPACTS…At 20.0 feet, Major lowland flooding begins with massive
inundation of the floodplain 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 9:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 13.2 feet.
– Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this evening and continue rising to a crest of 22.6 feet
late tomorrow evening.
– Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
– Flood History…This crest compares to a previous crest of
22.7 feet on 05/01/2009.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood