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WGUS84 KCRP 031538
FLSCRP
TXC057-469-040938-
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1038 AM CDT TUE APR 03 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.  

TXC057-469-040938-
1038 AM CDT TUE APR 03 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE GUADALUPE RIVER AT VICTORIA.
* UNTIL TOMORROW LATE EVENING.
* AT 9AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.3 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET.
* THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE A SLOW RISE TO CREST BETWEEN 24 AND 25 FEET
  TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY
  EVENING.

* AT 26.5 FEET GROVER'S BEND IS UNDER WATER. WATER REACHES MCCRIGHT DRIVE BEHIND
RIPPAMONTI FIELD.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 9AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.4 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET.
* THE RIVER LEVEL BEGAN A SECONDARY RISE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL RISE TO 
  CREST BETWEEN 26 AND 26.5 FEET LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY.

* AT 26 FEET IRRIGATION AND OIL WELL PUMPS...TANK BATTERIES...AND EQUIPMENT IN
THE LOWER FLOOD PLAIN BELOW VICTORIA FLOOD.  LIVESTOCK ARE CUT OFF...MAY HAVE TO
BE FED BY BOAT...AND COULD DROWN.  HOMES DOWNSTREAM ABOVE HIGHWAY 35 ON THE LEFT
BANK ARE CUT OFF.

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&& 

  BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS:


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

GUADALUPE RIVER
  VICTORIA             21  24.3 TUE 10 AM  24.2 18.7 13.8 12.0 11.6
  BLOOMINGTON          20  25.4 TUE 09 AM  26.3 26.4 25.4 23.4 22.3

 
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.

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