THROWBACK THURSDAY: A Look Back to the Flood of 98
THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1998
This past October 20th marked the 23rd Anniversary of the Flood of 1998! Back in October 1998, 30-plus inches of rain fell upriver in San Marcos and New Braunfels, which caused the Guadalupe River to crest at a historic high that has not been seen since. The Guadalupe crested in Victoria at 33.85 feet at 2 p.m. on that Tuesday afternoon. October 20. The flood stage was 21 feet.
While those numbers were high, Cuero had it much worse. The Guadalupe River in Cuero crested at 49.8 feet in Cuero at 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, October 20, the flood stage was 20 feet. There is one news image from the Cuero Flood that sticks with me until this day. The aerial footage of cows on the rooftop. Who remembers that?

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Gallery Credit: KATELYN LEBOFF
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