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Current Alerts for Houston, TX: Flood Warning

Flood Warning issued June 17 at 8:12AM CDT until June 22 at 5:00AM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX

AREAS AFFECTED: Houston, TX; Madison, TX; Trinity, TX; Walker, TX

DESCRIPTION: ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas... Trinity River near Crockett affecting Walker, Madison, Trinity and Houston Counties. Trinity River at Riverside affecting Walker, Polk, Trinity and San Jacinto Counties. Trinity River at Liberty affecting Liberty County. Trinity River near Moss Bluff affecting Chambers and Liberty 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 morning. * 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 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 45.8 feet. - Bankfull stage is 35.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 7:45 AM CDT Tuesday was 46.1 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 46.0 feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday afternoon. - Flood stage is 41.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 45.9 feet on 05/21/2019. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/hgx. The next statement will be issued by late tonight at 215 AM CDT.

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

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A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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