River Flood Warning 30, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Sep 29, 2012, 12:53 PM CDT (17:53 UTC)

Expired

Sep 29, 2012, 8:56 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Flood severity

Moderate

County Val Verde County, TX

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Pecos River at Pandale Crossing (PDAT2).

Action stage

5 ft

Minor stage

7 ft

Moderate stage

10 ft

Major stage

15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

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

915 
WGUS44 KEWX 291753
FLWEWX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1253 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012

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

  PECOS 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.

&&

TXC465-301153-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FL.W.0030.120929T1753Z-121001T0325Z/
/PDAT2.2.ER.120929T1554Z.120929T1800Z.120930T1525Z.NO/
1253 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012

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

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PECOS RIVER AT PANDALE CROSSING.
* UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 12:15 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.3 FEET (3.7 METERS).
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET (2.1 METERS).
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.2 FEET 4.0 METERS BY THIS
  AFTERNOON. THE RIVER
* IMPACT...AT 15.0 FEET...(4.6 METERS)...MAJOR FLOODING MAKES LOW WATER 
  CROSSINGS ALONG THE PECOS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES POTENTIALLY DEADLY.  THE FLOOD
  WAVE MOVING DOWNSTREAM CAUSES RAPID RISES DANGEROUS TO CAMPERS ON THE LOW 
  BANKS BELOW SHEFFIELD TO AMISTAD RESERVOIR.  AUTOS AND GEAR CAN BE SWEPT 
  DOWNSTREAM.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.7 FEET ON MAY 10 
  2007.

$$

&&


BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (FEET):
                    BF  FLD   OBSERVED            FORECAST 7AM (FT)
LOCATION           STG  STG    STG    DAY TIME   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU
  PANDALE CROSSIN    5    7   12.3   SAT 12 PM   7.8   4.0   3.9   3.7   3.3


BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (METERS):
                    BF  FLD   OBSERVED            FORECAST 7AM (M)
LOCATION           STG  STG    STG    DAY TIME   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU
  PANDALE CROSSIN    2    2    3.7   SAT 12 PM   2.4   1.2   1.2   1.1   1.0



$$

497 
WGUS84 KEWX 300156
FLSEWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
856 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012

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

  PECOS RIVER AT PANDALE CROSSING AFFECTING VAL VERDE COUNTY
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.

&&

TXC465-300226-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FL.W.0030.000000T0000Z-121001T0325Z/
/PDAT2.2.ER.120929T1554Z.120929T1730Z.120929T2213Z.NO/
856 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE PECOS RIVER AT PANDALE CROSSING.
* AT  8:15 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.9 FEET (1.5 METERS).
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET (2.1 METERS).
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  5:13 PM SATURDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE FALLING TO AROUND TO 3.5 FEET
  (1.1) METERS BY MONDAY MORNING.

$$

&&


BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (FEET):
                    BF  FLD   OBSERVED            FORECAST 7PM (FT)
LOCATION           STG  STG    STG    DAY TIME   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU
  PANDALE CROSSING   5    7    4.9   SAT 08 PM   3.7   3.5   3.1   2.6      


BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (METERS):
                    BF  FLD   OBSERVED           FORECAST 7PM (M)
LOCATION           STG  STG    STG    DAY TIME   SUN   MON   TUE   WED   THU
  PANDALE CROSSING   2    2    1.5   SAT 08 PM   1.1   1.1   0.9   0.8      

$$

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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.