000 WGUS44 KHGX 021640 FLWHGX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON, TX 1140 AM CDT WED APR 02 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE TRINITY RIVER IN LIBERTY... PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE RIVER UNTIL WATER LEVELS RECEDE. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID ANY WATER COVERED ROADS AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. LIVESTOCK AND EQUIPMENT SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES. TXC071-291-030440- /O.NEW.KHGX.FL.W.0011.080405T1800Z-000000T0000Z/ /LBYT2.1.ER.080405T1800Z.080407T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1140 AM CDT WED APR 02 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE TRINITY RIVER IN LIBERTY... * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 11:15 AM WEDNESDAY...THE STAGE WAS 24.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 26.2 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. * AT 26.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS AND SIGNIFICANT LOWLAND FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF THE GAGE CAN BE EXPECTED...AS ROADS INTO SOME OUTLYING COMMUNITIES ABOVE THE GAGE BEGIN TO FLOOD. $$