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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
939 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
RIO GRANDE AT JOHNSON RANCH NEAR CASTOLON, TEXAS AFFECTING BREWSTER
COUNTY.
FOR THE RIO GRANDE...AT JOHNSON RANCH NEAR CASTOLON, TEXAS...MINOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
THIS WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE RIVER FALLS BELOW ITS FLOOD
STAGE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MAF.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TUESDAY MORNING AT 945 AM CDT.
TXC043-211445-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FL.W.0003.260721T0258Z-260721T1500Z/
/TELT2.1.ER.260721T0258Z.260721T0600Z.260721T1015Z.NO/
939 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RIO GRANDE AT JOHNSON RANCH NEAR CASTOLON, TEXAS.
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, THE RIVER REACHES BANKFULL, MINOR LOWLAND
FLOODING OCCURS, AND NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IS EXPECTED. AT 15.0
FEET, 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 915 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET (4.5 METERS).
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET (3.7 METERS).
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 15.8 FEET (4.8 METERS) JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY
TUESDAY 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 TUE TUE TUE TUE
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 1AM 7AM 1PM 7PM
RIO GRANDE
RIO GRANDE AT JOHNSO 15.0 10.9 MON 9PM 15.8 14.3 11.7 9.5
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (METERS):
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED TUE TUE TUE TUE
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME 1AM 7AM 1PM 7PM
RIO GRANDE
RIO GRANDE AT JOHNSO 4.6 3.3 MON 9PM 4.8 4.4 3.6 2.9
LAT...LON 2900 10349 2912 10340 2915 10312 2896 10305
2895 10338
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