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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
901 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...

  Rio Grande At Foster Ranch affecting Val Verde County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars
through flooded areas.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Even 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock you off your feet
and a depth of 2 feet will float your car. Never try to walk, swim,
or drive through such swift water. If you come upon flood waters,
stop, turn around and go another way.

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued this evening at 915 PM CDT.

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901 AM CDT Fri Oct 16 2026

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Rio Grande at Foster Ranch.

* WHEN...From this afternoon to late Saturday night.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, (4.6 meters), moderate lowland flooding
  into the right flood plain floods campsites below Dryden to Amistad
  Reservoir. Turbulence is very dangerous for swimmers, tubers and
  canoeists. Livestock are trapped in low areas of the channel and
  banks and potentially can drown.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:15 AM CDT Friday the stage was 9.3 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 14.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage late this
    afternoon to 16.0 feet just after midnight tonight. It will then
    fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon to 11.4 feet Sunday
    morning. It will rise to 12.7 feet early Sunday afternoon. It
    will then fall again and remain below flood stage.
  - Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 16.0
    feet on 10/01/1991.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 2975 10176 2982 10176 2982 10146 2962 10122
      2954 10128 2973 10147


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