Guadalupe Graphs
The graph on the left depicts the preliminary unofficial river reading from the gauge in Victoria from
July 1-15, 2002. The blue line is the actual measurement of the river in feet. The colored lines depict the collection of forecasts
issued by the National Weather Service West Gulf River Forecast Center in Fort Worth, Texas. River forecasts were updated every 12
hours during the event, and more frequently during the height of the flood. Also during the flood, Victoria gauge readings were
confirmed by our backup gauge the the CPL plant in South Victoria.
The graph on the right shows the all time record flood events for the Guadalupe River at Victoria.
As you can see when viewing the actual amount of water flowing down the Guadalupe River, the flood of July 2002 pales in comparison
to the flood of August 1998. During the height of the July 2002 flood, over 60,000 cubic feet of water was measured flowing past the
gauge per second (cfs). During the height of the August 1998 flood, the flow was measured at nearly one-half a million cfs.
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