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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
818 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
DEVILS RIVER AT PAFFORD CROSSING NR COMSTOCK AFFECTING VAL VERDE
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER, TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO HIGHER GROUND.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING AT 830 AM CDT.
TXC465-021330-
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818 PM CDT THU OCT 1 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...DEVILS RIVER AT PAFFORD CROSSING NR COMSTOCK.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, (1.8 METERS), MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING OVER
1/4 MILE WIDE COVERS THE RIGHT BANK TO THE CANYON WALLS. THE
TURBULENT FLOW CAN WASH MOTORISTS, CAMPERS, AND EQUIPMENT
DOWNSTREAM FROM PAFFORD CROSSING TO AMISTAD RESERVOIR. LIVESTOCK
ARE CUT OFF AND POTENTIALLY DROWNED BELOW JUNO TO AMISTAD
RESERVOIR.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:15 PM CDT THURSDAY WAS 7.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 6.4 FEET
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.2
FEET ON 10/19/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 2968 10103 2971 10095 2966 10089 2956 10092
2953 10100 2963 10097
MM
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