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WGUS84 KMAF 050102
FLSMAF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
802 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
RIO GRANDE AT JOHNSON RANCH NEAR CASTOLON, TEXAS
AFFECTING BREWSTER COUNTY.
FOR THE RIO GRANDE...INCLUDING RIO GRANDE AT JOHNSON RANCH NEAR
CASTOLON, TEXAS...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MAF.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM CDT.
TXC043-051500-
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802 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST
TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE DECREASING TO
MODERATE FLOODING.
* WHERE...RIO GRANDE AT RIO GRANDE AT JOHNSON RANCH NEAR CASTOLON,
TEXAS.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET (3.7 METERS), THE RIVER REACHES BANKFULL,
MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS, AND NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IS
EXPECTED.
AT 15.0 FEET (4.6 METERS), FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED. MODERATE
LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS. ROADS THAT LEAD TO COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND
AND RIVER ROAD MAY FLOOD. STAGES ARE PRACTICALLY SYNONYMOUS WITH
THE GAGE AT COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND AT CASTOLON (CSTT2), AND
THEREFORE REPRESENT THE REACH FROM SANTA ELENA CANYON THROUGH
COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND, WHERE DAMAGE MAY OCCUR. CATTLE ALSO GRAZE
IN THE LOWLANDS, AND MAY BE THREATENED.
AT 19.0 FEET (5.8 METERS), THE RIVER REACHES MAJOR FLOOD STAGE.
FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR UPSTREAM IN COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND AT
CASTOLON, AS STAGES AT EACH LOCATION ARE PRACTICALLY SYNONYMOUS.
MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS AT THE GAGE SITE, BUT NO DAMAGE
OCCURS. THE GAGE IS INACCESSIBLE, AS RIVER ROAD IS IMPASSABLE AT
SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.7 FEET (6.0 METERS).
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET (3.7 METERS).
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:15 PM CDT FRIDAY WAS 19.9 FEET (6.1 METERS).
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.4
FEET (5.9 METERS) LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET (4.6 METERS).
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (FEET):
FLD OBSERVED SAT SAT SAT SAT
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 1AM 7AM 1PM 7PM
RIO GRANDE
RIO GRANDE AT JOHNSO 15.0 19.7 FRI 7PM 17.6 17.6 18.6 19.3
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (METERS):
FLD OBSERVED SAT SAT SAT SAT
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 1AM 7AM 1PM 7PM
RIO GRANDE
RIO GRANDE AT JOHNSO 4.6 6.0 FRI 7PM 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.9
LAT...LON 2900 10349 2912 10340 2915 10312 2896 10305
2895 10338
LOPEZ
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