San Fernando Creek near Alice, TX
River level and flood forecast · Jim Wells County
Normal0.7 ftas of Mon 3:15 PM
The river is 11.3 ft below flood stage (12 ft).
Flow: 2 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Oct 4, 8:46 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 15 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 13 ft |
| Flood stage | 12 ft |
| Action stage | 4 ft |
| Record crest (September 12, 1971) | 16.51 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 23.5 ftWater is to the guage height. This is the reference mark on the Edith Street bridge.
- 22 ftWater is to the Edith Street bridge floor.
- 19 ftWater reaches the Highway 359 bridge floor. The first business sections of Alice 1.1 mile west of the creek become flooded.
- 17 ftWater reaches the east and west approaches of the bottom of Highway 359 bridge, 2 miles northeast of Alice. The theater in the flood plain one half mile west of the bridge is threatened.
- 12 ftMinor lowland flooding occurs, with flow 200 yards wide. Lower sections of the Country Club Golf Course are flooded.
- 11 ftOverbank condtions cause nuisance flooding.
- 4 ftThe creek reaches bankfull, but there are no observable effects until the stage exceeds 10 feet.
Highest crests on record
- 16.51 ft — September 12, 1971
- 16.18 ft — October 17, 1971
- 15.86 ft — September 23, 1967
- 15.5 ft — September 9, 1961
- 14.35 ft — July 5, 2002
Recent crests: 5.42 ft (August 15, 2022) · 12.73 ft (July 9, 2021) · 8.36 ft (July 8, 2021) · 3.07 ft (June 29, 2021) · 12.99 ft (June 4, 2021)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (AICT2); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.