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WGUS44 KCRP 041242
FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
742 AM CDT WED JUL 04 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... 

  COPANO CREEK NEAR REFUGIO AFFECTING REFUGIO 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.

TXC391-050042-
/X.NEW.KCRP.FL.W.0021.070704T1242Z-070705T0827Z/
/RCCT2.3.ER.070704T1222Z.070704T1300Z.070704T1627Z.NR/
742 AM CDT WED JUL 04 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE COPANO CREEK NEAR REFUGIO.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  7:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 FEET. 
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY AND CREST
  AROUND 18 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.

* AT 18.6 FEET MAJOR FLOODING OCCURS.  THE WATER IS TO THE FARM TO 
MARKET 744 BRIDGE FLOOR.

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