Flood Warning — Hardin, Liberty & Polk
Completed Official expiration Sep 4 · 7:00 am CDT
Use the preserved timeline and official source to review what was issued. This status does not establish damage or other impacts.
Official warned area
The map distinguishes an official point, official warning/perimeter geometry, and optional satellite thermal detections. Aerial imagery is a basemap and may be older than the incident.
Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
Hardin; Liberty; Polk
What the preserved official data shows
This Flood Warning left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Disaster Watch. The official record named Hardin; Liberty; Polk. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Sep 3, 2026 · 4:55 PM CDT
- Record completed
- Sep 3, 2026 · 8:55 PM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 4 hours
- Official severity
- Severe
- Named areas
- Hardin; Liberty; Polk
- Official expiration
- Sep 4, 2026 · 7:00 AM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
Official warning details — archived wording
Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
Menard Creek near Rye.
Until Saturday afternoon.
At 28.0 feet, Major lowland flooding begins with widespread inundation of the floodplain in the vicinity of the gage.
Official timeline
- Warning issuedFlood Warning issued for Hardin; Liberty; Polk.
- Final monitor changeOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
- Official expirationThe expiration time preserved from the official warning.
Other active Texas warnings
No other warning-level Texas alerts are currently in the monitor.
Instructions preserved with the warning
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. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/hgx. The next statement will be issued Friday morning at 700 AM CDT.
This record is completed. Check current official sources before acting.