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...Major flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Rio Grande at Columbia Bridge. * WHEN...Until 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 7:15 PM CDT Saturday the stage was 25.6 feet (7.8 meters). - Bankfull stage is 16.0 feet (4.9 meters). - Forecast...The river will rise to 31.7 feet (9.7 meters) tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow evening to 8.3 feet (2.5 meters) and begin rising again Wednesday morning. It will rise to 8.4 feet (2.6 meters) early Wednesday afternoon. It will then fall again and remain below flood stage. - Flood stage is 18.0 feet (5.5 meters). - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood