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WGUS44 KCRP 251850
FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
150 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007

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

TXC479-260650-
150 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007

* AT 1PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...17.8 FEET...OR 5.4 METERS.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET...OR 5.5 METERS.
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 18.6 FEET...OR 5.7 METERS BY THIS EVENING. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT.

* AT 18 FEET OR 5.5 METERS...FLOW REACHES THE HEIGHT OF THE RIGHT 
BANK.  LIVESTOCK AND EQUIPMENT FLOOD IN THE CHANNEL AND LOW BANKS 
BELOW EAGLE PASS TO BELOW LAREDO.  AUTOS AND TRUCKS FLOOD IN LOW 
AREAS OF THE CUSTOMS PARKING LOT DOWNSTREAM IN LAREDO.

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  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
  COLUMBIA BRIDGE      18  17.8 FRI 01 PM  16.4 14.7 12.0 11.0 10.7

 
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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