Flood Impacts |
63.0 | OR 19.2 METERS...WATER RISES TO THE CPL PLANT SLAB ELEVATION. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OCCURS |
60.5 | OR 18.4 METERES...202 BLOCKS OF LAREDO BUSINESS DISTRICT AND 170 BLOCKS OF NEUVO LAREDO ARE CLOSED. THIS IS THE FLOOD OF RECORD |
54.0 | OR 16.5 METERS...THE WATER PLANT AND U.S. HIGHWAY 81 ARE FLOODED |
44.0 | OR 13.4 METERS...MASSIVE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL FLOODING OCCURS. NEAR THE RIVER...AND ALONG CHACON AND ZACATE CREEKS...FLOODING CAN BE LIFE THREATENING...AS THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BACKS THEM UP. THE SEWAGE PLANT IS UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE FLOOR FLOOR FLOODS...AND LIVESTOCK ARE CUT OFF AND POTENTIALLY DROWNED IN THE FLOOD PLAIN...ABOVE EAGLE PASS TO FALCON RESERVOIR |
40.5 | OR 12.3 METERS...HUNDREDS OF HOMES ALONG ZACATE AND CHACON CREEKS AND NEAR THE RIO GRANDE RIVER FLOOD. MANY BUSINESSES FLOOD NEAR THE RIVER. FLOW IS OVER THE LOW STEEL OF THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE AND WITHIN THREE FEET OF THE BRIDGE FLOOR. WATER IS TO THE SEWAGE PLANT |
38.0 | OR 11.6 METERS...NUMEROUS HOMES FLOOD ALONG CHACON AND ZACATE CREEKS...AS THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BACKS UP THEM. BUSINESSES IN LOWER AREAS NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD...AS WELL AS STREETS...ROADS...AND PARKING AREAS NEAR THE RIVER. FLOW IS TO THE LOW STEEL OF THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE AND WITHIN TWO FEET OF THE SEWAGE PLANT |
37.0 | OR 11.3 METERS...THE LOWEST BUSINESSES NEAR THE RIVER ARE FLOODED. FLOW IS TO THE LOW STEEL OF THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE. FLOW IS ALSO WITHIN A FOOT OF HOMES ALONG CHACON AND ZACATE CREEKS...AS THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BACKS UP NEAR THEM. ANY RUNOFF DOWN THESE CREEKS WILL FLOOD THESE CREEKS. NUMEROUS ROADS AND BRIDGES IN THE FLOOD PLAIN BELOW EAGLE PASS TO FALCON DAM ARE FLOODED AND DANGEROUS |
32.0 | OR 9.8 METERS...THE LOWEST BUSINESSES NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD IN DOWNTOWN LAREDO. RUNOFF DOWN FROM CHACON AND ZACATE CREEKS ADD TO THE RIO GRANDE RIVER BACKFLOW...AND CAN FLOOD HOMES ALONG THESE CREEKS. STREETS AND BRIDGES ARE FLOODED AND ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO TRAFFIC |
30.0 | OR 9.1 METERS...MAJOR FLOODING OCCURS. THE FLOW APPROACHES BUSINESSES NEAR THE MALL...AND BACKS UP CHACON AND ZACATE CREEKS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND RUNOFF DOWN THESE CREEKS THREATENS HOMES ALONG THEIR BANKS. STREETS AND ROADS NEAR THE RIVER AND CREEKS FLOOD...AND ARE VERY DANGEROUS TO AUTO TRAFFIC |
20.0 | OR 6.1 METERS MODERATE 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 |
13.0 | 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 |
8.0 | OR 2.4 METERS...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS. FLOW REACHES THE LOWER SECTIONS OF THE CUSTOMS PARKING LOT IN LAREDO |
7.0 | OR 2.1 METERS...OVERBANK CONDITIONS OCCUR |