NWS / NOAA weather: Flood Warning issued July 17 at 9:04AM CDT until July 21 at 3:57AM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Rio Grande At Laredo affecting Webb County.
For the Rio Grande...including Columbia Bridge, Laredo...Moderate
flooding is forecast.
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Laredo.
* WHEN...From late tonight to late Monday night.
* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, or 6.1 meters moderate lowland flooding
occurs. Water is several feet deep over most of the mall and
customs parking lots. The lowest residences are threatened and
roads and low bridges become very dangerous.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 5.1 feet (1.6 meters).
- Bankfull stage is 7.0 feet (2.1 meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage just
after midnight tonight to a crest of 20.9 feet (6.4 meters)
Sunday evening. It will then fall below flood stage late Monday
morning.
- Flood stage is 8.0 feet (2.4 meters).
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- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 2507th Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days