River Flood Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jul 27, 2012, 8:49 AM CDT (13:49 UTC)

In effect from

Jul 27, 2012, 11:30 AM CDT

Expired

Jul 28, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Flood severity

Minor

County Presidio County, TX

Written for the forecast point Rio Grande at Candelaria Crossing (CDET2).

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
849 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... 

  RIO GRANDE AT CANDELARIA 3N AFFECTING PRESIDIO COUNTY

RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL JUST UPSTREAM OF CANDELARIA HAS RESULTED IN 
RISES ON THE RIO GRANDE.  AS A RESULT...THE RIVER AT CANDELARIA IS 
EXPECTED TO RISE TO JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON. 
 
IF THIS FLOODING PERSISTS...OR MORE RAINFALL OCCURS UPSTREAM OF 
CANDELARIA...ADDITIONAL FLOOD STATEMENTS MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY.
 
RIVER LEVELS ARE HIGH.  RANCHERS AND FARMERS SHOULD MOVE LIVESTOCK 
AND MACHINERY AWAY FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS IF TIME PERMITS.
 
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THROUGH THIS AREA. IF YOU 
ENCOUNTER A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROADWAY... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT.
YOUR VEHICLE COULD BE SWEPT DOWNSTREAM IN RUSHING FLOODWATERS.
 
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...PLEASE GO TO OUR LOCAL WEBPAGE LOCATED
AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND ...SELECT RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS UNDER 
CURRENT CONDITIONS.

TXC377-280549-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FL.W.0004.120727T1630Z-120728T0600Z/
/CDET2.1.ER.120727T1630Z.120727T1700Z.120727T1800Z.NO/
849 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE RIO GRANDE AT CANDELARIA 3N.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  8AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.8 FEET (2.4 METERS). 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET (2.6 METERS). 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 8.6 FEET (2.6 METERS) BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 8.5 FEET (2.6 METERS)...THE RIVER REACHES FLOOD STAGE.  
  MINOR FLOODING OF THE RIVER ROAD IN LOW AREAS IS POSSIBLE. HOMES IN
  CANDELARIA ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED. FARMERS AND RANCHERS 
  NEED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND RIVER CONDITIONS AS 
  LIVESTOCK AND MACHINERY MAY NEED TO BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND. 

&&

BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (FEET):

                   BF  FLD  OBSERVED                  FORECAST
LOCATION          STG  STG  STAGE   DAY  TIME   FRI   FRI   SAT   SAT
                                                1PM   7PM   1AM   7AM
  CANDELARIA 3N   7.5  8.5    7.8   FRI  8 AM   8.5   6.1   5.8   5.7

BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS (METERS):

                   BF  FLD  OBSERVED                  FORECAST
LOCATION          STG  STG  STAGE   DAY  TIME   FRI   FRI   SAT   SAT
                                                1PM   7PM   1AM   7AM
  CANDELARIA 3N   2.3  2.6    2.4   FRI  8 AM   2.6   1.9   1.8   1.7

$$

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