…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas…
Trinity River near Crockett affecting Madison, Trinity, Houston
and Walker Counties.
For the Trinity River…including Crockett, Riverside, Romayor,
Goodrich, Moss Bluff, Liberty…Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHAT…Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Trinity River near Crockett.
* WHEN…Until early Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS…At 43.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding continues in the
vicinity of the gage impacting ranching operations and prison
farms. Livestock should be removed from low-lying areas in the
floodplain.
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 6:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 44.9 feet.
– Bankfull stage is 35.0 feet.
– Recent Activity…The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 6:45 PM CDT Thursday was 45.9 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to fall below flood stage
early Sunday morning and continue falling to 33.9 feet
Tuesday evening.
– Flood stage is 41.0 feet.
– Flood History…This crest compares to a previous crest of
45.0 feet on 06/24/1989.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood