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WGUS44 KCRP 011505
FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1005 AM CDT TUE MAY 01 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. 

TXC057-469-020305-
1005 AM CDT TUE MAY 01 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NWS CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE GUADALUPE RIVER AT VICTORIA
* UNTIL LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 09AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...24.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET.
* THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL 
  CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 28.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER 
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

* AT 28.5 FEET WATER IS IN THE FIRST PARKING LOT ON MCCRIGHT AND IN 
THE FIELD ACROSS FROM THE ZOO.  WATER REACHES SPRING CREEK DRIVE AT 
THE RAILROAD UNDERPASS...AND MAY BEGIN TO FLOW OVER CONSTITUTION AND 
CRAIG.  THE OLD TOWN AREA MAY BE THREATENED.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NWS CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 9AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...22.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET.
* THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  AND WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 
  27.1 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   WED  THU  FRI  SAT  SUN

GUADALUPE RIVER
  VICTORIA             21  24.5 TUE 10 AM  28.3 27.1 21.9 16.4 11.2
  BLOOMINGTON          20  22.8 TUE  9 AM  25.8 27.0 27.0 26.1 23.1

 
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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