The Flood Warning continues for
the Rio Grande at Laredo.
* Until further notice... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 7:15 PM Monday the stage was 11.8 feet... or 3.6 meters.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 8.0 feet... or 2.4 meters.
* Forecast... the river will remain near 11.8 feet... or
3.6 meters for the next several days.
* At 13.0 feet or 4.0 meters... autos and trucks flood in the lower
sections of The Mall parking lot. Water is several feet deep in the
lower sections of the customs parking lot.
Below are the latest river stages and stage forecasts:
fld latest forecast 6 am lst
location stg stg day time Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Rio Grande
Columbia bridge 18 18.4 Mon 7 PM 18.4 18.4 18.3 18.2 18.1
Laredo 8 11.8 Mon 7 PM 11.8 11.8 11.8 11.6 11.5
805 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2008
The Flood Warning continues for
the Rio Grande at Columbia bridge.
* Until further notice... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 7:15 PM Monday the stage was 18.4 feet... or 5.6 meters.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 18.0 feet... or 5.5 meters.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 18.4 feet... or
5.6 meters for the next several days.
* At 18.0 feet or 5.5 meters... flow reaches the height of the right
bank. Livestock and equipment flood in The Channel and low banks
below Eagle Pass to below Laredo. Autos and trucks flood in low
areas of the customs parking lot downstream in Laredo.