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Moderate flooding
Rio Grande at Foster Ranch, TX
- Gauge
- River gauge · LNYT2 · NWS EWX
- Observed
- Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.
- Forecast
- Forecast issued · crest 16.8 ft at · below flood stage (14 ft) by : moderate flooding
- Stages
- Action 14 ft · Flood (minor) 14 ft · Moderate 15 ft · Major 22 ft
- Forecasts
- Forecasts are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.
Forecast hydrograph
The forecast points as a table
| Time | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13.3 ft | |
| 15.1 ft | |
| 16.8 ft | |
| 15.4 ft | |
| 13.3 ft | |
| 14 ft | |
| 14 ft | |
| 12.3 ft | |
| 7.9 ft | |
| 4.8 ft | |
| 3.2 ft | |
| 2.4 ft | |
| 2.2 ft | |
| 2.2 ft | |
| 2 ft | |
| 2 ft | |
| 2 ft | |
| 2 ft | |
| 2 ft | |
| 2 ft |
What NWS lists at this gauge
- 15 ft: (4.6 meters), moderate lowland flooding into the right flood plain floods campsites below Dryden to Amistad Reservoir. Turbulence is very dangerous for swimmers, tubers and canoeists. Livestock are trapped in low areas of the channel and banks and potentially can drown.
- 14 ft: (4.3 meters), minor lowland flooding into low areas of the flood plain causes no significant damage.
NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods. Read .
NWPS’s page for LNYT2 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Texas
Rain and rivers in Texas
- Expected rain: 0.01 in or more at its highest in Texas, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
- Rain that fell: 3 to 4 in at its highest in Texas, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
- Rivers: 4 gauges in flood in Texas, by NWS’s lists read . Moderate flooding Rio Grande at Foster Ranch, TX. Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast. Forecast issued · crest 16.8 ft at · below flood stage (14 ft) by : moderate flooding. And 3 more. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.
Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker
On the Briefing’s map
- Flash-flood risk WPC’s Excessive Rainfall Outlook: a chance, in four categories
- Expected rain WPC’s 24-hour rain forecast, in inches
- Rain that fell MRMS’s radar estimate for the past 24 or 72 hours
River, coastal and lake gauges in Texas
Four gauges in flood in Texas, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.
Moderate flooding 1
- Forecast: moderate flooding Rio Grande at Foster Ranch, TXNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 16.8 ft at · below flood stage (14 ft) by : moderate flooding
Minor flooding 3
- Forecast: minor flooding Rio Grande at Boquillas Crossing, TXObserved 11.32 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 13.1 ft at · below flood stage (13 ft) by : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Red River at Burkburnett, TXObserved 7.24 ft at : action stageForecast issued · crest 9 ft at · below flood stage (9 ft) by : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Beaver Creek (TX) at Electra, TXObserved 23.37 ft at : action stageForecast issued · crest 25.9 ft at · below flood stage (24 ft) by : minor flooding
Action stage, not flooding 4
Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.
- Forecast: action stage Rainbow Bridge, TXNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 2.09 ft at : action stage
- Forecast: action stage Brazos River at Seymour, TXNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 10.1 ft at : action stage
- Forecast: action stage Texas Point, TXNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 3.18 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage Pease River at Vernon, TXObserved 13.36 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 13.2 ft at : action stage
A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.
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