000 WGUS44 KCRP 291624 FLWCRP BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1124 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH TEXAS... ATASCOSA RIVER AT WHITSETT .RECENT AND ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED RIVER BASINS WILL RESULT IN RIVER RISES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. TXC297-300424- 1124 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NWS CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ATASCOSA RIVER AT WHITSETT * FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. * AT 11AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...19.4 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 20.5 FEET BY EARLY WEDNESDAY...THEN FALL. * AT 20 FEET MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING REACHES THE LOWEST AREAS OF CROP AND PASTURELAND. $$ && BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS: FLD LATEST FORECAST 6 AM LST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME WED THU FRI SAT SUN ATASCOSA RIVER WHITSETT 20 19.4 TUE 11 AM 19.9 9.3 4.3 3.6 3.5 ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RIVER STAGE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED AND RAINFALL. IF ACTUAL RAINFALL VARIES FROM FORECAST VALUES...FORECAST RIVER STAGES WILL VARY ACCORDINGLY. FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV SLASH CRP. CLICK ON THE RIVER FORECASTS IMAGE AT THE TOP...THEN CLICK ON THE FORECAST POINT. $$