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Rain expected and rain that fell, and the gauges at action stage or above in Texas, each with NWS’s forecast. Flood warnings are the Live tracker’s.

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Minor flooding

Nueces River at Tilden, TX

Gauge
River gauge · TILT2 · NWS CRP
Observed
Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.
Forecast
Forecast issued · crest 15 ft at : minor flooding
Stages
Action 11 ft · Flood (minor) 14 ft · Moderate 16 ft · Major 19 ft
Forecasts
Forecasts are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

Forecast hydrograph

Forecast stage at Tilden, in ftNWS forecast for Tilden, issued 13 Nov 00:48Z: a crest of 15 ft at 16 Nov 12:00Z. Flood stage is 14 ft. No recent observation at action stage or above is held.8101214161814 Nov 00Z15 Nov 00Z16 Nov 00Z17 Nov 00Z18 Nov 00ZAction 11 ftFlood (minor) 14 ftModerate 16 ftNowUTCft
NWS forecast, issued : the line is the forecast stage, each dot one of NWS’s points; the ringed dot is the latest observation, when one at action stage or above is held. Earlier observations are not held here, so no observed line is drawn. Higher stages not drawn: major 19 ft. Minor flooding at its worst, observed or forecast. Data: NOAA/NWPS.
The forecast points as a table
TimeStage
9.6 ft
9.8 ft
9.8 ft
9.9 ft
10.4 ft
10.9 ft
11.5 ft
12 ft
12.7 ft
13.3 ft
13.9 ft
14.5 ft
14.8 ft
15 ft
15 ft
15 ft
14.9 ft
14.8 ft
14.6 ft
14.2 ft

What NWS lists at this gauge

  • 15 ft: Much of the flood plain below cotulla to below tilden is cut off, as sloughs and peripheral channels fill. Hunting cabins, oil field pump jacks and tank batteries flood well away from the channel. Livestock are cut off and can drown.
  • 14 ft: Minor lowland flooding occurs, and causes sloughs and peripheral channels near the main stream to cut off areas of the flood plain, isolating livestock and damaging equipment in low areas. Oil field tank batteries and pump jacks flood.
  • 11 ft: The main channel overflows its banks into peripheral channels, isolating areas of the flood plain.

NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods. Read .

NWPS’s page for TILT2 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Texas

Rain and rivers in Texas

  • Expected rain: 0.5 in or more at its highest in Texas, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
  • Rain that fell: 0.1 to 0.25 in at its highest in Texas, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
  • Rivers: 1 gauge in flood in Texas, by NWS’s lists read . Minor flooding Nueces River at Tilden, TX. Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast. Forecast issued · crest 15 ft at : minor flooding. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.

Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker

On the Briefing’s map

River, coastal and lake gauges in Texas

One gauge in flood in Texas, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.

Minor flooding 1

  1. Forecast: minor flooding Nueces River at Tilden, TXNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 15 ft at : minor flooding
Action stage, not flooding 5

Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.

  1. Observed: action stage Nueces River at Asherton, TXObserved 19.11 ft at : action stage
  2. Forecast: action stage Nueces River at Cotulla, TXNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 10.6 ft at : action stage
  3. Observed: action stage West Mustang Creek at Ganado, TXObserved 10.92 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 11.5 ft at : action stage
  4. Observed: action stage Colorado River (TX) at Lake Travis, TXObserved 681.45 ft at : action stage
  5. Observed: action stage Neches River at Saltwater Barrier, TXObserved 3.48 ft at : action stageForecast issued · highest 3.5 ft at : action stage

A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.

Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS

Texas flash-flood briefing

Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.