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Rain expected and rain that fell, and the gauges at action stage or above in Texas, each with NWS’s forecast. Flood warnings are the Live tracker’s.

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Action stage

Pease River at Vernon, TX

Gauge
River gauge · VERT2 · NWS OUN
Observed
Observed 13.36 ft at : action stage
Forecast
Forecast issued · highest 13.2 ft at : action stage
Stages
Action 13 ft · Flood (minor) 15 ft · Moderate 17 ft · Major 19 ft

Forecast hydrograph

Impacts and the full forecast are read for gauges in flood; this one is at action stage.

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.

NWPS’s page for VERT2 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

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

  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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Forecast: minor flooding Beaver Creek (TX) at Electra, TXObserved 23.23 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.

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.

Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS

Texas flash-flood briefing

Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.