000 WGUS44 KCRP 300952 FLWCRP TXC057-469-302150- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 450 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH TEXAS...GUADALUPE RIVER... FOR THE GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON. LATEST FLOOD CATEGORY: NONFLOOD. FORECAST FLOOD CATEGORY: MINOR. LATEST STAGE: 15.4 FEET AT 2 AM MONDAY. FLOOD AND BANKFULL STAGE: 20 FEET. FORECAST: THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE AND CREST AROUND 21.5 FEET TUESDAY EVENING. IMPACT: AT 20 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS...WITH THE FLOW REACHING THE RIGHT FLOOD PLAIN NEAR THE INVISTA PLANT NEAR BLOOMINGTON. DOWNSTREAM ABOVE HIGHWAY 35...THE FLOW ESCAPES INTO THE LEFT FLOOD PLAIN CUTTING OFF THE LOWEST HOMES. ALL PERSONS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD AFFECT CREST FORECASTS. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK THE LATEST RIVER FORECAST BY GOING TO OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE WEB PAGE. THIS PAGE PROVIDES CURRENT AND FORECAST RIVER INFORMATION...GAGE LOCATIONS...IMPACTS...AND HISTORICAL CREST INFORMATION FOR ALL FORECAST POINTS. OUR WEB SITE IS WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV SLASH CRP. CLICK ON THE RIVER FORECASTS IMAGE AT THE TOP...THEN CLICK ON THE FORECAST POINT. $$ BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS: FLD LATEST FORECAST 6 AM LST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME TUE WED THU FRI SAT GUADALUPE RIVER BLOOMINGTON 20 15.4 MON 02 AM 15.9 21.0 21.1 17.8 14.8 $$