Alert Details
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas... Rio Grande At Columbia Bridge affecting Webb County. For the Rio Grande...including Columbia Bridge, Laredo...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Rio Grande at Columbia Bridge. * WHEN...From late tonight to late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...At 30.0 feet, or 9.1 meters, major 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 8:15 AM CDT Friday the stage was 9.6 feet (2.9 meters). - Bankfull stage is 16.0 feet (4.9 meters). - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage just after midnight tonight to a crest of 29.1 feet (8.9 meters) early Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood stage late Sunday evening. - Flood stage is 18.0 feet (5.5 meters). - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood