…The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas…
Trinity River near Crockett affecting Houston, Walker, Trinity
and Madison Counties.
For the Trinity River…including Crockett, Riverside, Romayor,
Goodrich, Moss Bluff, Liberty…Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHAT…Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.
* WHERE…Trinity River near Crockett.
* WHEN…Until early Sunday afternoon.
* 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 Tuesday the stage was 46.0 feet.
– Bankfull stage is 35.0 feet.
– Recent Activity…The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:45 PM CDT Tuesday was 46.1 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise to a crest of 46.2
feet just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below
flood stage early Sunday morning.
– Flood stage is 41.0 feet.
– Flood History…This crest compares to a previous crest of
46.4 feet on 03/16/2016.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood