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Begin forwarded message: > From: "Germany, Julia G" <julia.germ...@dps.texas.gov> > Date: September 20, 2013, 9:43:38 CDT > To: "germa...@aol.com" <germa...@aol.com> > Subject: FW: NWS Austin/San Antonio- Flood Warning- Devils River in Val Verde > County 092013 > > > > From: State of Texas SOC > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 9:07 AM > Subject: NWS Austin/San Antonio- Flood Warning- Devils River in Val Verde > County 092013 > > > > BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED > FLOOD WARNING > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX > 857 AM CDT FRI SEP 20 2013 > > ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED > A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE... > > DEVILS RIVER > > PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... > > ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR > THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY > PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. > > RIVER STAGE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED RAINFALL ALONG WITH > PREDICTED RAIN FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES > FROM FORECAST VALUES...FORECAST RIVER STAGES WILL VARY. > > DO NOT DRIVE AUTOMOBILES THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. REMEMBER...18 INCHES > OF WATER OR LESS CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING TRUCKS. > > IF YOU SEE FLOOD WATERS OR COME UPON A FLOODED ROADWAY...REMEMBER > TO TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN. > > FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT > WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/EWX. > > > THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A > > * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE DEVILS RIVER AT BAKERS CROSSING 19N OF COMSTOCK. > * UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. > * AT 8:15 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.9 FEET (3.6 METERS). > * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET (1.8 METERS). > * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. > * FORECAST...THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY AND IS EXPECTED > TO CREST AROUND 16 FEET OR 4.9 METERS BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. > * IMPACT...AT 15 FEET OR 4.6 METERS, MAJOR FLOODING REACHES CAMPERS...AUTOS > AND RV VEHICLES WELL AWAY FROM THE RIVER ABOVE JUNO TO AMISTAD RESERVOIR. > LIVESTOCK ARE CUT OFF AND POTENTIALLY DROWNED. THERE IS WIDESPREAD DAMAGE > TO ROADS AND FENCES. > * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 15.5 FEET ON SEP > 23 > 1990. >