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FLSEWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
248 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
DEVILS RIVER AT BAKERS CROSSING 19N OF 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 THIS AFTERNOON AT 300 PM CDT.
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248 AM CDT FRI OCT 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...DEVILS RIVER AT BAKERS CROSSING 19N OF COMSTOCK.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, (2.4 METERS), MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING
REACHES THE HIGHWAY 163 BRIDGE FLOOR SEVERAL MILES BELOW JUNO. THIS
LEVEL IS TURBULENT AND DANGEROUS FOR INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS,
CANOEISTS AND KAYAKERS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:15 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 2:15 AM CDT FRIDAY WAS 15.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 2.7 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.7
FEET ON 09/03/2022.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 2996 10118 2996 10110 2989 10097 2971 10095
2968 10103 2986 10105
MM
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