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Red Riverat Dekalb - Pecan Point, TX (Gauge DEKT2)
Forecast | Observation History | Stage Impacts/Record Events
Stages:
Normal
Action
Flood
Moderate Flood
Major Flood
River Stage Data for Gauge DEKT2
Normal Stage: 11.9 ft
Flow: 4.51 kcfs*
(impacts and historical events)
Action Stages:
23.5': Action
24': Flood
27': Moderate Flood
30': Major Flood
Gauge DEKT2 Forecast / History chart | graph
Stage Date CST Stage ft Flow kcfs
FORECAST 02/21/2012 12:00 pm 10.00 1.650
FORECAST 02/21/2012 06:00 am 10.00 1.650
FORECAST 02/21/2012 12:00 am 10.10 1.760
FORECAST 02/20/2012 06:00 pm 10.20 1.880
FORECAST 02/20/2012 12:00 pm 10.30 2.000
FORECAST 02/20/2012 06:00 am 10.40 2.130
FORECAST 02/20/2012 12:00 am 10.50 2.270
FORECAST 02/19/2012 06:00 pm 10.50 2.270
FORECAST 02/19/2012 12:00 pm 10.60 2.420
FORECAST 02/19/2012 06:00 am 10.70 2.570
FORECAST 02/19/2012 12:00 am 10.80 2.730
FORECAST 02/18/2012 06:00 pm 10.90 2.900
FORECAST 02/18/2012 12:00 pm 10.90 2.900
FORECAST 02/18/2012 06:00 am 11.00 3.050
FORECAST 02/18/2012 12:00 am 11.10 3.200
FORECAST 02/17/2012 06:00 pm 11.20 3.360
FORECAST 02/17/2012 12:00 pm 11.30 3.530
FORECAST 02/17/2012 06:00 am 11.40 3.700
FORECAST 02/17/2012 12:00 am 11.60 4.010
FORECAST 02/16/2012 06:00 pm 11.80 4.340
CURRENT 02/16/2012 09:00 am 11.90 4.510
  02/16/2012 08:00 am 11.94 4.580
  02/16/2012 07:00 am 11.97 4.630
  02/16/2012 06:00 am 12.02 4.720
  02/16/2012 05:00 am 12.05 4.780
  02/16/2012 04:00 am 12.10 4.870
  02/16/2012 03:00 am 12.14 4.940
  02/16/2012 02:00 am 12.18 5.020
  02/16/2012 01:00 am 12.23 5.110
  02/16/2012 12:00 am 12.27 5.190
  02/15/2012 11:00 pm 12.32 5.290
  02/15/2012 10:00 pm 12.38 5.410
  02/15/2012 09:00 pm 12.44 5.530
  02/15/2012 08:00 pm 12.50 5.650
  02/15/2012 07:00 pm 12.57 5.790
  02/15/2012 06:00 pm 12.64 5.940
  02/15/2012 05:00 pm 12.71 6.090
  02/15/2012 04:00 pm 12.78 6.250
  02/15/2012 03:00 pm 12.86 6.430
  02/15/2012 02:00 pm 12.94 6.610
  02/15/2012 01:00 pm 13.02 6.790
  02/15/2012 12:00 pm 13.10 6.950
  02/15/2012 11:00 am 13.18 7.120
  02/15/2012 10:00 am 13.26 7.290
  02/15/2012 09:00 am 13.31 7.400
  02/15/2012 08:00 am 13.37 7.530
  02/15/2012 07:00 am 13.43 7.660
  02/15/2012 06:00 am 13.47 7.750
  02/15/2012 05:00 am 13.51 7.840
  02/15/2012 04:00 am 13.55 7.930
  02/15/2012 03:00 am 13.57 7.970
Flood Impacts and Historical Events
Stage Impacts
36.0RECORD FLOODING OCCURS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES FLOOD CATASTROPHICALLY. ALL ESTABLISHMENTS AND RESIDENCES...INCLUDING FARMS AND RANCHES...SHOULD BE COMPLETELY EVACUATED.
34.5RECORD FLOODING OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES WILL CONTINUE. SEVERE BACKWATER FLOODING OF PECAN AND NOLAN CREEKS OCCURS. THE UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 259 BRIDGE IS CLOSED...AS WELL AS TEXAS HIGHWAY BRIDGES 8 AND 37.
33.0THE APPROACHES TO THE UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 259 BRIDGE ARE INUNDATED. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES WILL FLOOD SEVERELY. COMPLETE EVACUATION OF LIVESTOCK IS ENCOURAGED. THE UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 259 BRIDGE WILL VERY LIKELY BE CLOSED. IN ADDITION...TEXAS HIGHWAY 37...THAT RUNS FROM CLARKSVILLE...TEXAS TO IDABEL...OKLAHOMA...AND TEXAS HIGHWAY 8...THAT RUNS FROM NEW BOSTON...TEXAS TO CRITTON RIDGE...ARKANSAS...WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED.
30.0THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FARM LAND AND PASTURE FLOOD. LIVESTOCK MUST BE EVACUATED TO HIGHER GROUND. MUCH OF THE FLOOD PLAIN IS INUNDATED...AND PREPARATIONS FOR A MAJOR FLOOD SHOULD BE MADE.
29.0EVACUATIONS OF SOME HALF DOZEN HOMES REQUIRED IN THE PECAN BEND AREA OF NORTHEAST TEXAS.
27.0FLOODING WILL INCREASE ON THE RED RIVER...WITH MUCH OF THE FLOOD PLAIN INUNDATED. RANCHERS MUST MOVE CATTLE AND FARM MACHINERY TO HIGHER GROUND. MODERATE TO SEVERE BANK EROSION OCCURS.
24.5FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ALONG THE RED RIVER...ALTHOUGH BANK EROSION PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE. MINOR OVERFLOW OF LOW BANKS WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ON THE OKLAHOMA SIDE OF THE RIVER.
24.0MINOR FLOODING OF THE LOWER BANKS OCCURS...ESPECIALLY ON THE OKLAHOMA SIDE OF THE RIVER. RESIDENTS ALONG THE RIVER CAN EXPECT MODERATE TO SEVERE BANK EROSION.
Historical Crests Record Lows
1) 36.00 ft on 02/15/1938
2) 35.50 ft on 05/31/1908
3) 34.42 ft on 05/06/1990
4) 33.50 ft on 03/29/1945
5) 32.20 ft on 06/07/1957
1) 5.95 ft on 09/04/1972
2) 6.60 ft on 11/12/1985
3) 7.10 ft on 03/18/1980

Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

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