000 WGUS44 KCRP 291902 FLWCRP BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 202 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... NUECES RIVER AT MATHIS 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. TXC355-409-300702- /X.NEW.KCRP.FL.W.0008.070629T1902Z-070702T2009Z/ /MTBT2.2.ER.070629T1643Z.070630T1800Z.070702T0409Z.NO/ 202 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE NUECES RIVER AT MATHIS. * UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 1:30 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.7 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 27.1 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. * AT 27.0 FEET FLOW MOVES INTO A SECONDARY CHANNEL...700 FEET LEFT OF MAIN CHANNEL...RESULTING IN TWO CHANNELS. THESE CHANNELS MERGE AT 43.5 FEET. $$ && BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS: FLD LATEST FORECAST 6 AM LST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SAT SUN MON TUE WED NUECES RIVER MATHIS 25 26.7 FRI 01 PM 27.0 26.5 24.6 16.5 16.5 $$