Flood Warning

...The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio TX has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Texas...

Rio Grande River At Eagle Pass affecting Maverick County.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass.

* WHEN...From Friday afternoon to Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, (4.0 meters), Overbank conditions with water well into the flood plain threatening livestock and irrigation pumps. At 16.0 feet, (4.9 meters), Water covers a small portion of Shelby Park and the golf course. Minor lowland flooding can cut off and drown livestock in the river channel. Irrigation pumps and equipment are damaged in the flood plain. Any activity or festivities in the flood plain at Eagle Pass are flooded. At 18.0 feet, (5.5 meters), Moderate flooding. Much of Shelby Park is flooded. Water floods the lowest sections of the golf course. Lowland flooding is well into the flood plain at Eagle Pass. Flooding any activities or equipment in the flood plain.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 5.5 feet. - Bankfull stage is 9.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 17.2 feet early Saturday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday morning. - Flood stage is 16.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 17.7 feet on 06/15/2013. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood