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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON, TX
314 PM CST SUN NOV 22 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS...

  LAVACA RIVER NEAR EDNA AFFECTING JACKSON COUNTY

FOR THE LAVACA RIVER, AT EDNA, MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURING AND IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE.

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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314 PM CST SUN NOV 22 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE LAVACA RIVER NEAR EDNA.
* UNTIL MONDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 0215 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF AROUND 22.1 FEET
  AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW LATE MORNING.
* AT 22.0 FEET...FLOODING ALONG THE LAVACA RIVER REACHES WELL INTO THE LOWER
  FLOOD PLAIN BACKING UP SLOUGHS AND LOW AREAS.

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