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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
822 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2013
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
NUECES RIVER NEAR ASHERTON AFFECTING DIMMIT 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.
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822 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2013
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE NUECES RIVER NEAR ASHERTON.
* AT 7:31 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW
LATE MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 27.0 FEET...MAJOR WIDESPREAD LOWLAND FLOODING CUTS OFF AND
POTENTIALLY DROWNS LIVESTOCK ABOVE UVALDE TO BELOW TILDEN. MOST SECONDARY
ROADS AND LOW BRIDGES NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD. FLOW IS WITHIN A FOOT OF THE
BOTTOM OF THE FM ROAD 190 BRIDGE AND THE APPROACHES ARE FLOODED.
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BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS:
BF FLD OBSERVED FORECAST 7AM
LOCATION STG STG STG DAY TIME THU FRI SAT SUN MON
NUECES RIVER
ASHERTON 18 20 27.5 WED 08 AM 21.1 12.8 10.5 9.7 8.4
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