000 WGUS44 KCRP 291532 FLWCRP BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1032 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... NUECES RIVER NEAR BLUNTZER AFFECTING NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES .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. TXC355-409-300332- /X.EXT.KCRP.FL.W.0006.070629T1631Z-000000T0000Z/ /CBVT2.3.ER.070629T1631Z.070703T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1032 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR SEVERITY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NUECES RIVER NEAR BLUNTZER. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE . * AT 7:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.2 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 25 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * AT 24 FEET WIDESPREAD MAJOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS. THE FLOW IS OUT OF THE CHANNEL AND INTO PREVAILING LEFT FLOOD PLAIN. $$ && BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS: FLD LATEST FORECAST 6 AM LST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SAT SUN MON TUE WED NUECES RIVER BLUNTZER 18 17.2 FRI 08 AM 22.6 24.5 24.9 25.0 25.0 $$ SBS