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WGUS44 KCRP 161442
FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
942 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... 

  RIO GRANDE AT LAREDO AFFECTING WEBB COUNTY

.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/CRP. CLICK ON THE RIVER FORECASTS 
IMAGE AT THE TOP...THEN CLICK ON THE FORECAST POINT.

TXC479-170842-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FL.W.0001.080516T1739Z-080519T1600Z/
/LDOT2.1.ER.080516T1739Z.080517T0600Z.080519T0000Z.NO/
942 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RIO GRANDE AT LAREDO.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 9 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7 FEET, OR 2.1 METERS. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET...OR 2.4 METERS.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 10 FEET...OR 3 METERS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 

* AT 8 FEET OR 2.4 METERS...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS.  FLOW 
REACHES THE LOWER SECTIONS OF THE CUSTOMS PARKING LOT IN LAREDO.

$$

&& 

  BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS:


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

RIO GRANDE
  LAREDO                8   7.0 FRI 09 AM   9.9  8.5  7.7  7.5  7.4

$$