NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued October 16 at 9:01AM CDT until October 18 at 3:18AM CDT by NWS Austin/San Antonio TX
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...
Rio Grande At Foster Ranch affecting Val Verde County.
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Foster Ranch.
* WHEN...From this afternoon to late Saturday night.
* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, (4.6 meters), moderate lowland flooding
into the right flood plain floods campsites below Dryden to Amistad
Reservoir. Turbulence is very dangerous for swimmers, tubers and
canoeists. Livestock are trapped in low areas of the channel and
banks and potentially can drown.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:15 AM CDT Friday the stage was 9.3 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage late this
afternoon to 16.0 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then
fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon to 11.4 feet Sunday
morning. It will rise to 12.7 feet early Sunday afternoon. It
will then fall again and remain below flood stage.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 16.0
feet on 10/01/1991.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2602nd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days