The previous record for the most rainfall received on Oct. 24 was set in 1949 with a total of 2.17 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
Although the city is not experiencing any major flooding at the moment, Richard McBrayer, coordinator of Victoria's Office of Emergency Management, said Sunday that the public should not let its guard down. The city received .3 inches of rain Sunday with most ending by 11 a.m. Sunday.
"Right now, we're at a mild to moderate flood rate, but we'll be monitoring it and know more later in the week," McBrayer said, as the rain continues to drain into regional creeks and the Guadalupe River.
Alina Nieves, a meteorologist with the National Weather Forecast in Corpus Christi, said a flood warning was issued about 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Bloomington, cautioning that the Guadalupe River would rise above flood stage, which is 21 feet.
Nieves said the river was expected to continue rising to reach 22.8 feet by Thursday night.
The Guadalupe River in Victoria, on the other hand, was not issued a flood warning but was expected to reach 19.6 feet by Tuesday night.
"We're going to continue issuing updates to the forecast at least three times a day," Nieves said.
As of Sunday night, the Texas Department of Transportation reported no road closings for Victoria County.
The severe weather pattern during the weekend, which resulted from Hurricane Patricia, stormed its way through South-Central Texas and caused a few major power outages, said Elgin Janssen, spokesman for American Electric Power Co.
"We had outages company-wide from West Texas to the Rio Grande Valley and over to Matagorda Valley," Janssen said. "Most of the damage had to do with wind or trees falling from high winds."
On Sunday, a wind advisory was issued by the National Weather Service for Victoria until 4 p.m., with winds ranging between 25 and 31 miles per hour.
"The winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour are really not that unusual for us when the weather changes in the Coastal Bend," Janssen said.
Nevertheless, he said AEP customers should feel safe and taken care of when bad weather takes its toll.
"It doesn't matter what the weather issue is - we always have several technicians on standby, ready 24/7," he assured.
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