000 WGUS84 KCRP 190145 FLSCRP TXC057-469-191940- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 840 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2007 ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH TEXAS... GUADALUPE RIVER AT 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. TXC057-469-191940- 840 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2007 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON. * UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 5PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.9 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET. * THE RIVER LEVEL FIRST REACHED 26.95 FEET AT 415 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THE RIVER LEVEL REMAINED NEAR 27 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...BEFORE BEGINNING A SLOW FALL. THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE FALLING SLOWLY THROUGH MONDAY. * AT 27 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. $$ && BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS: FLD LATEST FORECAST 6 AM LST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME MON TUE WED THU FRI GUADALUPE RIVER BLOOMINGTON 20 26.9 SUN 05 PM 26.2 23.1 20.0 19.2 18.4 $$