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WGUS84 KMAF 161859
FLSMAF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
159 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
RIO GRANDE AT RIO GRANDE AT RIO GRANDE VILLAGE, BBNP, TEXAS
AFFECTING BREWSTER COUNTY.
FOR THE RIO GRANDE...INCLUDING RIO GRANDE AT RIO GRANDE VILLAGE,
BBNP, TEXAS...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 200 AM CDT.
TXC043-170700-
/O.EXT.KMAF.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-261018T1532Z/
/BOQT2.2.ER.261016T2019Z.261016T2100Z.261017T0332Z.NO/
159 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO GRANDE AT RIO GRANDE AT RIO GRANDE VILLAGE, BBNP,
TEXAS.
* WHEN...UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE RIVER REACHES BANKFULL, AND NO DAMAGE
IS EXPECTED. PREPARATIONS MAY BE NECESSARY TO REMOVE WATER PUMPS.
THE PARK SHOULD BE NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME IF ADDITIONAL RISES ARE
EXPECTED SO THEY WILL HAVE TIME TO REMOVE THE PUMPS. AT 13.0 FEET,
THE RIVER REACHES MINOR FLOOD STAGE. WATER REACHES THE WATER PUMPS
MAINTAINED BY THE PARK SERVICE THAT ARE USED TO WATER THE
CAMPGROUNDS AND TO PROVIDE WATER TO THE EMPLOYEE LIVING QUARTERS.
IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR PARK PERSONNEL TO REMOVE THE PUMPS. AT 15.0
FEET, THE RIVER REACHES MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. WATER PUMPS
SUBMERGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 1.3 FEET (0.4 METERS).
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET (3.7 METERS).
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 16.4 FEET (5.0 METERS) LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET (4.0 METERS).
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.4
FEET (5.0 METERS) ON 08/12/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (FEET):
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FRI SAT SAT SAT
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 7PM 1AM 7AM 1PM
RIO GRANDE
RIO GRANDE AT RIO GR 13.0 1.3 FRI 1PM 14.8 12.1 9.1 7.1
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (METERS):
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FRI SAT SAT SAT
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 7PM 1AM 7AM 1PM
RIO GRANDE
RIO GRANDE AT RIO GR 4.0 0.4 FRI 1PM 4.5 3.7 2.8 2.2
LAT...LON 2896 10305 2915 10312 2940 10294 2986 10268
2986 10247 2969 10238 2965 10263 2931 10279
2912 10292
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