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WGUS84 KCRP 181410
FLSCRP
TXC057-469-190808-
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
908 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 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.

TXC057-469-190808-
908 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE GUADALUPE RIVER AT VICTORIA.
* UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW.
* AT 08AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW       FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW.

* AT 28.0 FEET THE LOWEST AREAS OF THE ZOO AND GOLF COURSE...AND MOST OF 
RIVERSIDE PARK FLOOD.  HUNDREDS OF LIVESTOCK ARE CUT OFF AND MAY DROWN IN THE FLOOD PLAIN ABOVE CUERO TO TIVOLI. WATER IS NEAR THE FIRST PARKING LOT ON MCCRIGHT AND IN THE FIELD ACROSS FROM THE ZOO.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON.
* UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AT 05AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.9 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  AND WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 27.1    FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY          WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* 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.

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  BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS:


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

GUADALUPE RIVER
  VICTORIA             21  28.0 SUN 09 AM  19.1 13.7 11.1  9.6 
  BLOOMINGTON          20  26.9 SUN 05 AM  27.1 21.0 19.8 18.9 

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