000 WGUS44 KHGX 011346 FLWHGX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON, TX 746 AM CST SUN NOV 1 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS... MENARD CREEK NEAR RYE AFFECTING LIBERTY AND POLK COUNTIES FOR THE MENARD CREEK AT RYE, MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURING, WITH RIVER LEVELS EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && TXC291-373-020146- /O.NEW.KHGX.FL.W.0073.091101T1346Z-000000T0000Z/ /RYET2.1.ER.091101T1033Z.091101T1315Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 746 AM CST SUN NOV 1 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MENARD CREEK NEAR RYE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 0715 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET. * AT 20.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS AS WATER ESCAPES THE MAIN CHANNEL IN THE VICINITY OF THE GAGE.. $$