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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1138 PM CDT Sat Nov 2 2024

...The National Weather Service in Lubbock TX has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Texas...

  Double Mountain Fork Brazos near Lubbock 4ESE affecting Lubbock
  County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Sunday afternoon at noon CST.

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TXC303-031800-
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1138 PM CDT Sat Nov 2 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Excessive rainfall which has fallen over the past several
  hours is expected to result in flooding near Buffalo Springs Lake.

* WHERE...Double Mountain Fork Brazos near Lubbock 4ESE.

* WHEN...Until early Sunday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, Flooding over FM-835 just west of Buffalo
  Springs will likely require closure of the highway. Flooding of
  the loop road around the west end of Buffalo Springs Lake is also
  likely. The onset of flooding at FM-835 may be delayed by 4 to 6
  hours after the river gauge at Southeast Loop 289 exceeds 11 feet
  or about 1000 CFS.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 11:15 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 10.9 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet.
  - Forecast...No forecast is available for this location.
  - Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    12.6 feet on 07/01/2017.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3358 10183 3352 10176 3352 10166 3354 10166
      3355 10177 3361 10183


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