000 WGUS44 KCRP 041428 FLWCRP BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 928 AM CDT WED JUL 04 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... ARANSAS RIVER NEAR SKIDMORE AFFECTING BEE...NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES ...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MINOR SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS... ...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY 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. TXC355-409-050228- /X.CON.KCRP.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /MTBT2.2.ER.070702T0803Z.070703T1115Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 928 AM CDT WED JUL 04 2007 ...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NUECES RIVER AT MATHIS.* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE . * AT 8:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.6 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 25.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 26.7 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON THEN BEGIN FALLING. * 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. $$ TXC025-355-409-050228- /X.NEW.KCRP.FL.W.0024.070704T1621Z-070705T1137Z/ /SKMT2.2.ER.070704T1621Z.070704T1800Z.070704T1937Z.NO/ 928 AM CDT WED JUL 04 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ARANSAS RIVER NEAR SKIDMORE. * UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 7:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.7 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON. * AT 14.0 FEET MODERATE FLOODING OCCURS. SOME ROADS ARE CLOSED. CROPS AND PASTURELAND ARE THREATENED. $$ && 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 NUECES RIVER MATHIS 25 25.6 WED 08 AM 25.9 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 ARANSAS RIVER SKIDMORE 13 8.7 WED 07 AM 6.8 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.6 $$