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WGUS84 KCRP 130200
FLSCRP
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
854 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2007

...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING 
 RIVERS IN SOUTH TEXAS...
  
  GUADALUPE RIVER AT VICTORIA...BLOOMINGTON 
  
.RECENT RAINFALL OVER THE AREA WILL KEEP THE AFOREMENTIONED 
RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO
STATIONS...OR CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER 
INFORMATION...AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD AFFECT CREST 
FORECASTS.  

FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT 
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV SLASH CRP. CLICK ON THE RIVER FORECASTS 
IMAGE AT THE TOP...THEN CLICK ON THE FORECAST POINT.



TXC057-469-131954-
854 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE GUADALUPE RIVER AT VICTORIA
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* AT 08PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP CLOSE
  ATTENTION TO THE UPCOMING SITUATION.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
  NEAR 28.7 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING.

* AT 28.5 FEET WATER IS IN THE FIRST PARKING LOT ON MCCRIGHT AND IN THE FIELD 
ACROSS FROM THE ZOO.  WATER REACHES SPRING CREEK DRIVE AT THE RAILROAD 
UNDERPASS...AND MAY BEGIN TO FLOW OVER CONSTITUTION AND CRAIG.  THE OLD TOWN 
AREA MAY BE THREATENED.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* AT 05PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP CLOSE
  ATTENTION TO THE UPCOMING SITUATION.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
  NEAR 27.0 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.

* AT 27.0 FEET MAJOR FLOODING OCCURS.  FLOW DOWNSTREAM NEAR HIGHWAY 35 IS 
SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS WIDE...CUTTING OFF MANY OF THE LOWEST HOMES.  LIVESTOCK 
ARE CUT OFF AND COULD DROWN.  PUMPS...TANK BATTERIES...AND ANY EQUIPMENT IN THE 
FLOOD PLAIN BELOW VICTORIA ARE FLOODED.  THE CAMPGROUND NEAR TIVOLI BELOW 
HIGHWAY 35 AND RESIDENCES JUST ABOVE HIGHWAY 35 ARE FLOODED.

&& 

  BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS:


                      FLD LATEST               FORECAST 6 AM LST
LOCATION              STG  STG  DAY  TIME   TUE  WED  THU  FRI  SAT

GUADALUPE RIVER
  VICTORIA             21   7.0 MON 08 PM   6.9  7.5 20.7 28.4 28.0
  BLOOMINGTON          20  11.0 MON 05 PM  11.4 11.3 20.2 25.6 27.0

$$