000 WGUS44 KCRP 051524 FLWCRP BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1024 AM CDT THU JUL 05 2007 ...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY 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 SLASH CRP. CLICK ON THE RIVER FORECASTS IMAGE AT THE TOP...THEN CLICK ON THE FORECAST POINT. TXC391-060324- /X.CON.KCRP.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /RCCT2.2.ER.000000T0000Z.070705T2100Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1024 AM CDT THU JUL 05 2007 ...OBSERVED FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY... ...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COPANO CREEK NEAR REFUGIO.* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE . * AT 9:45 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * AT 16.0 FEET MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS. THE RIVER RISES TO LOW STEEL OF THE FARM TO MARKET 744 BRIDGE. $$