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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON, TX
1006 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

...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 MENARD CREEK AT RYE, MINOR FLOODING IS FORECASTED.  

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT CROSSED THAT AREA MONDAY PRODUCED 3 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN OVER THE MENARD CREEK WATERSHED. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED
A DRAMATIC RISE ON MENARD CREEK 

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.

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1006 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  MENARD CREEK NEAR RYE.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 0915 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.6 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST... THE CREEK IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON 
* AT 20.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS AS WATER ESCAPES THE MAIN CHANNEL
  IN THE VICINITY OF THE GAGE..

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