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WGUS44 KCRP 010139
FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
839 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007

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

TXC057-469-011339-
839 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NWS CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE GUADALUPE RIVER AT VICTORIA
* FROM TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 8PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...15.8 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 27 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* AT 27 FEET MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS.  THE FLOW IS WELL 
INTO RIVERSIDE PARK...APPROACHING LOW AREAS OF THE ZOO AND GOLF 
COURSE.  LIVESTOCK ARE CUT OFF IN LOW AREAS OF THE FLOOD PLAIN ABOVE 
CUERO TO TIVOLI.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NWS CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 5PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...22 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET.
* THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 
  26.9 FEET BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON THEN BEGIN FALLING.

* 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.

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&& 

  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  15.8 MON 08 PM  16.4 27.0 23.6 17.5 14.2
  BLOOMINGTON          20  22.0 MON 05 PM  23.0 25.2 26.8 26.4 24.7

 
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.

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