NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued July 17 at 8:49PM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...
Nueces River At Cotulla affecting La Salle County.
For the Nueces River...including Cotulla, Tilden, Three Rivers,
Mathis, Bluntzer, Calallen...Major flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Major flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Nueces River at Cotulla.
* WHEN...From Monday afternoon until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Major and massive lowland flooding occurs.
Evacuations of livestock and a few residential properties along the
river required. Many roads near the river will flood, including FM
3408 from I-35, Valley Wells Road, the frontage road near mile
marker 67. Flooding also occurs on Dobie Road including in and
around Highway 624. FM 624 also floods south of Highway 97 toward
Fowlerton.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 4.1 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 9.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early
Monday afternoon and continue rising to a crest of 20.5 feet
early Wednesday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2606th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days