Disasters · Oso CreekOso creek flood warning: Forecast crest rises to 22.3 feet Monday nightAired November 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Ozo Creek's flood forecast now puts its highest water on Monday night instead of0:11Wednesday morning.0:11The revised forecast brings hazardous water closer for people using nearby secondary0:16roads and low bridges.0:17It also raises the expected crest to twenty two point three feet.0:21The immediate question is when the creek could reach those crossings, while the0:25warning itself carries conflicting end times.0:27The warning covers Oso Creek near Corpus Christi in Nueces County, Texas.0:31The concern follows the creek and its nearby low-lying crossings.0:34People using those routes face the forecast risk as water rises toward flood stage.0:38Sunday's noon update moved the expected flood, stage crossing to late Monday0:42morning, November9.0:44The earlier forecast had put that crossing late Tuesday evening.0:47That gives people using vulnerable crossings a much earlier timetable to plan0:51around.0:51The earlier forecast called for twenty one point one feet Wednesday morning.0:55The noon update raised that to twenty two point three feet late Monday evening.0:59That's a one point two foot increase, along with a substantially earlier peak.1:03The creek was still well below flood stage during Sunday's morning measurements.1:07Those readings describe water that had already passed the gauge.1:09The Monday night crest describes what forecasters expect next, and keeping those two1:14kinds of numbers separate is essential.1:15The gauge measured six point seven feet at nine fifteen Sunday morning and nine1:19point one feet at eleven fifteen.1:21That shows a rise over those two hours.1:23Both readings remained below the twenty-foot flood threshold.1:26The gauge is identified as Oso Creek near Corpus Christi.1:29Its official identifiers are useful for finding the right creek forecast, rather1:33than a different waterway in the area.1:35At twenty feet, the expected impacts include moderate lowland flooding and flooding1:39of nearby secondary roads and low bridges.1:41The projected twenty two point three foot crest would put the creek two point three1:45feet above that threshold.1:46Those are expected impacts tied to the creek stage.1:49The notices don't identify a particular road or bridge as closed.1:52A below flood stage reading on Sunday still leaves the forecast road hazard ahead on1:56Monday.1:57Motorists should never drive through flood water or around barricades.2:00That precaution applies to the crossings near this creek, where the forecast puts2:04water high enough to affect secondary roads and low bridges.2:07The noon forecast also moves the expected recession earlier.2:10After the Monday, night crest.2:12The creek is expected to fall below flood stage early Wednesday morning, November112:16.2:17The warning also describes the flooding forecast as extending through Wednesday2:20evening.2:21Monday morning is the next consequential point when the creek is expected to cross2:25twenty feet.2:25Wednesday morning is the projected return below that level.2:28These times describe the forecast course of the creek.2:31The warnings published end times need clarification.2:34Both Sunday headlines give Wednesday at six p m as the end time, but the earlier2:39notice's expiration field gives Monday at one, thirty amperes.2:43N.2:44The noon update changes that field to Monday at nine amperes.2:47m.2:48The noon notices Monday nine amperes.2:50M.2:51Expiration comes before it's expected late.2:53Morning flood stage crossing.2:55That mismatch doesn't tell people when the water becomes safe.2:58The warning's exact active period still needs clarification.3:01An updated warning and creek level forecast are important before anyone relies on3:05those published times.3:06The noon forecast places the road and low bridge risk from Monday's expected rise3:10through the projected return below flood stage early Wednesday.Story timelineHeyDex
