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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
111 AM CST THU JAN 25 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
SANDIES CREEK NEAR WESTHOFF AFFECTING DEWITT 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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 115 PM CST.
TXC123-251915-
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/WHOT2.2.ER.240125T1305Z.240126T0900Z.240127T1424Z.NO/
111 AM CST THU JAN 25 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SANDIES CREEK NEAR WESTHOFF.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 24.0 FEET, MAJOR LOWLAND FLOODING FROM THE HEADWATERS
SOUTHEAST OF SEGUIN TO THE GUADALUPE RIVER CONFLUENCE NEAR CUERO.
THE FLOW IS OVER ONE HALF MILE WIDE. LIVESTOCK ARE CUT OFF AND
POTENTIALLY DROWNED IN LOW AREAS OF THE FLOOD PLAIN IF NOT
RELOCATED. ROADS AND LOW BRIDGES NEAR THE CREEK ARE FLOODED AND
IMPASSABLE INCLUDING FM 1116, AND COUNTY ROAD 210.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 12:00 AM CST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 23.6 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
23.6 FEET ON 03/15/2007.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (12 AM CST)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
SANDIES CREEK
WESTHOFF 21.0 18.3 THU 12 AM CS 23.5 22.3 17.8
LAT...LON 2923 9749 2923 9742 2918 9734 2911 9733
2909 9737 2914 9739
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