000 WGUS44 KCRP 041423 FLWCRP BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 923 AM CDT WED JUL 04 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... FRIO RIVER AT TILDEN AFFECTING LIVE OAK AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES 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. TXC297-311-050223- /X.NEW.KCRP.FL.W.0022.070704T1920Z-070706T1515Z/ /TIDT2.1.ER.070704T1920Z.070705T0600Z.070705T2315Z.NO/ 923 AM CDT WED JUL 04 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FRIO RIVER AT TILDEN. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY MORNING ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.2 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 24.0 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EVENING. * AT 26.0 FEET MODERATE FLOODING OCCURS. THE FLOW IS TO THE SLAB ELEVATION OF THE LOWEST BUSINESSES AND HOMES IN TILDEN. NUMEROUS ROADS AND LOW BRIDGES FLOOD AND BECOME VERY DANGEROUS TO MOTORISTS. HUNDREDS OF LIVESTOCK ARE TRAPPED AND POTENTIALLY DROWNED IN THE FLOOD PLAIN...BELOW DERBY TO THE CHOKE CANYON RESERVOIR. $$ TXC297-050223- /X.NEW.KCRP.FL.W.0023.070706T0120Z-070707T1000Z/ /WTTT2.1.ER.070706T0120Z.070706T0600Z.070706T1800Z.NO/ 923 AM CDT WED JUL 04 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ATASCOSA RIVER AT WHITSETT. * FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 9:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 20.7 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * AT 20.0 FEET MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING REACHES THE LOWEST AREAS OF CROP AND PASTURELAND. $$ && BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS: FLD LATEST FORECAST 6 AM LST LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME THU FRI SAT SUN MON FRIO RIVER TILDEN 22 19.2 WED 09 AM 23.6 20.1 17.5 16.7 18.4 ATASCOSA RIVER WHITSETT 20 17.0 WED 09 AM 16.0 20.7 15.3 7.5 4.8 $$