000 WGUS44 KCRP 301216 FLWCRP BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 716 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... ATASCOSA RIVER AT WHITSETT AFFECTING LIVE OAK COUNTY .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. TXC297-010016- /X.NEW.KCRP.FL.W.0009.070630T1216Z-070701T0623Z/ /WTTT2.1.ER.070630T0515Z.070630T1115Z.070630T1423Z.NO/ 716 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ATASCOSA RIVER AT WHITSETT. * UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 6:15 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO AROUND 21 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. * AT 20.0 FEET MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING REACHES THE LOWEST AREAS OF CROP AND PASTURELAND. $$ && BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS: FLD LATEST FORECAST 6 AM LST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME SUN MON TUE WED THU ATASCOSA RIVER WHITSETT 20 20.8 SAT 06 AM 14.4 6.5 4.1 3.8 $$ SBS