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WGUS44 KCRP 151403
FLWCRP
TXC297-355-409-160202-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
902 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS 
ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH TEXAS... 
  
  NUECES RIVER AT THREE RIVERS 
  
.RECENT AND ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED  
RIVER BASINS WILL RESULT IN RIVER RISES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 

ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR 
THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RIVER STAGE FORECASTS 
ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND RAINFALL. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES 
FROM FORECAST VALUES...FORECAST RIVER STAGES WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY.

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.

TXC297-355-409-160202-
902 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2007

* AT 08AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...23.5 FEET.
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 35.6 FEET BY TOMORROW EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  BY SATURDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

* AT 36.0 FEET SEVERAL HOMES FLOOD IN THE RIVER CREEK ACRES SUBDIVISION...FIVE 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF THREE RIVERS.  WIDESPREAD FLOODING CUTS OFF AND POTENTIALLY 
DROWNS LIVESTOCK.  ROADS AND BRIDGES NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD AND ARE IMPASSABLE.  
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL LOWLAND FLOODING ABOVE THIS LEVEL.  FLOW REACHES
ANTELOPE LANE IN THE J.I. HAILEY SUBDIVISION.

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&&
  BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS:


                      FLD LATEST               FORECAST 6 AM LST
LOCATION              STG  STG  DAY  TIME   FRI  SAT  SUN  MON  TUE

NUECES RIVER
  THREE RIVERS         25  23.5 THU 08 AM  34.0 34.2 18.1  6.6  3.1

$$