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WGUS44 KCRP 252307
FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
607 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 LAREDO 
  
.RECENT AND ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED  
RIVER BASINS WILL RESULT IN RIVER RISES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 

TXC479-261107-
607 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NWS CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE RIO GRANDE AT LAREDO
* UNTIL MONDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AS FORECAST FLOODING HAS INCREASED
FROM MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING. 
* AT  5PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS...10.1 FEET...OR 3.1 METERS.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET...OR 3.1 METERS.
* THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE 
  RISING TO NEAR 14.8 FEET...OR 4.5 METERS BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

* AT 13.0 FEET OR 4.0 METERS...AUTOS AND TRUCKS FLOOD IN THE LOWER 
SECTIONS OF THE MALL PARKING LOT.  WATER IS SEVERAL FEET DEEP IN THE 
LOWER SECTIONS OF THE CUSTOMS PARKING LOT.

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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
  LAREDO                8  10.1 FRI 05 PM  14.8 11.5  9.2  7.7  7.3

 
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.

$$

GW