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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
312 AM CDT FRI SEP 25 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
RIO GRANDE AT RIO GRANDE NEAR CASTOLON, TEXAS AFFECTING BREWSTER
COUNTY.
FOR THE RIO GRANDE...INCLUDING RIO GRANDE NEAR CASTOLON, TEXAS...
MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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 MORNING AT 800 AM CDT.
TXC043-251300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FL.W.0004.260925T0812Z-260925T1300Z/
/CSTT2.1.ER.260925T0633Z.260925T0900Z.260925T1035Z.NO/
312 AM CDT FRI SEP 25 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 8 AM CDT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO GRANDE AT RIO GRANDE NEAR CASTOLON, TEXAS.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.0 FEET, THE RIVER REACHES BANKFULL, AND NO
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IS EXPECTED. AT 15.0 FEET, THE RIVER REACHES
MINOR FLOOD STAGE, AND LOWLAND FLOODING BEGINS. THE RIVER BEGINS
TO FLOOD THE ROAD BETWEEN SANTA ELENA CANYON AND COTTONWOOD
CAMPGROUND IN BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. THE RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD
THE PARKING LOT AT SANTA ELENA CANYON, AND CUT OFF THE NATURE TRAIL
INTO THE CANYON. CAMPERS IN COTTONWOOD CAMPGROUND NEED TO PREPARE
FOR POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:15 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET (5.1 METERS).
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 13.0 FEET (4.0 METERS).
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 2:15 AM CDT FRIDAY WAS 16.6 FEET (5.1 METERS).
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.8 FEET
(5.1 METERS) EARLY THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE LATER THIS MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET (4.6 METERS).
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (FEET):
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FRI FRI FRI SAT
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 7AM 1PM 7PM 1AM
RIO GRANDE
RIO GRANDE NEAR CAST 15.0 16.6 FRI 2AM 13.4 7.2 3.3 2.8
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (METERS):
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FRI FRI FRI SAT
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 7AM 1PM 7PM 1AM
RIO GRANDE
RIO GRANDE NEAR CAST 4.6 5.1 FRI 2AM 4.1 2.2 1.0 0.9
LAT...LON 2909 10366 2923 10358 2920 10349 2912 10340
2900 10349
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