River Flood Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Mar 20, 2012, 6:23 AM CDT (11:23 UTC)

Expired

Mar 20, 2012, 10:06 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Flood severity

Moderate

County Bandera County, TX

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Written for the forecast point Medina River at Bandera (BDAT2). The gauge peaked at 14.93 ft at Mar 20, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT.

Action stage

10 ft

Minor stage

13 ft

Moderate stage

14 ft

Major stage

24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08178880, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

467 
WGUS44 KEWX 201123
FLWEWX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
623 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED 
 A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE... 

  MEDINA RIVER 
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR 
THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 
 
RIVER STAGE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED RAINFALL ALONG WITH 
PREDICTED RAIN FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES 
FROM FORECAST VALUES...FORECAST RIVER STAGES WILL VARY. 
 
DO NOT DRIVE AUTOMOBILES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...18 INCHES 
OF WATER OR LESS CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING TRUCKS. 
 
IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS OR COME UPON A FLOODED ROADWAY...REMEMBER 
TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN. 
 
FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT 
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX.

&&

TXC019-210150-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FL.W.0013.120320T1123Z-120321T0150Z/
/BDAT2.2.ER.120320T1053Z.120320T1200Z.120320T1350Z.NO/
623 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE MEDINA RIVER AT MEDINA RIVER AT BANDERA.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  6:15 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.1 FEET.
* FORECAST TO REACH 15.5 FEET AROUND 7 AM.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING COVERS LOWEST PARKING SITES 
  AT CAMP JELLYSTONE IN BANDERA AND IS THREATENING THE SECOND LEVEL.  RESIDENTS 
  IN CAMP JELLYSTONE SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR DEVELOPING HEAVY RAIN
  AND FLOOD CONDITIONS.  LOWEST HOMES AT THE UPPER END OF MEDINA LAKE ARE 
  THREATENED IF THE LAKE IS NEAR SPILLWAY LEVEL.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 14.5 FEET ON MAR 30 
  2007.

$$

&&


BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS:


                    BF  FLD   OBSERVED            FORECAST 7AM
LOCATION           STG  STG    STG    DAY TIME   TUE   WED   THU   FRI   SAT
  MEDINA RIVER AT   10   13   14.1   TUE 06 AM  15.5   7.3   6.8   6.5   6.3

$$

763 
WGUS84 KEWX 201506
FLSEWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1006 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...

  MEDINA RIVER AT MEDINA RIVER AT BANDERA AFFECTING BANDERA COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT 
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX.

&&

TXC019-201536-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120321T0150Z/
/BDAT2.2.ER.120320T1053Z.120320T1201Z.120320T1336Z.NO/
1006 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE MEDINA RIVER AT MEDINA RIVER AT BANDERA.
* AT 10:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 7.3 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.


$$

&& 

  BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS:
                    BF  FLD   OBSERVED            FORECAST 7AM
LOCATION           STG  STG    STG    DAY TIME   WED   THU   FRI   SAT   SUN

SAN ANTONIO RIVER
  MEDINA RIVER AT   10   13   10.8   TUE 10 AM   7.3   5.8   5.1   5.0   6.1

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.