000 WGUS44 KCRP 030116 FLWCRP BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 816 PM CDT MON JUL 02 2007 ...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... GARCITAS CREEK NEAR INEZ AFFECTING CALHOUN AND VICTORIA 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 SLASH CRP. CLICK ON THE RIVER FORECASTS IMAGE AT THE TOP...THEN CLICK ON THE FORECAST POINT. TXC057-469-031316- /X.EXT.KCRP.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070703T2032Z/ /NGCT2.3.ER.070702T1609Z.070703T0046Z.070703T0432Z.NO/ 816 PM CDT MON JUL 02 2007 ...OBSERVED FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE GARCITAS CREEK NEAR INEZ. * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 7:46 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.4 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET. * FORECAST...THE CREEK WILL BEGIN TO FALL OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. * AT 26 FEET MAJOR LOWLAND FLOODING CAUSES SIGNIFICANT CROP LOSSES AND ISOLATES HUNDREDS OF LIVESTOCK IN THE FLOOD PLAIN PASTURES. MANY ROADS AND BRIDGES NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD...INCLUDING THE HIGHWAY 59 ACCESS ROAD BRIDGE FLOOR AND APPROACHES. $$