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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1139 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO PROVIDE NEW DAILY RIVER FORECAST
SERVICES FOR THE GUADALUPE RIVER...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CORPUS
CHRISTI TEXAS...AND THE WEST GULF RIVER FORECAST CENTER IN FORT
WORTH TEXAS...WILL NOW PROVIDE DAILY...FIVE-DAY RIVER STAGE
FORECASTS FOR THE GUADALUPE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND.
 
BEGINNING MAY 21 2012...THE NEW DAILY FORECAST SERVICES WILL HELP
INFORM INTERESTS ALONG THE GUADALUPE RIVER SYSTEM. A FULL RANGE OF
FORECAST FLOWS...FROM BASEFLOW TO FLOOD CONDITIONS...WILL NOW BE
AVAILABLE ON THE GUADALUPE RIVER SYSTEM. DAILY FORECASTS WILL BE
AVAILABLE AT 4 LOCATIONS ON THE GUADALUPE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARY
COLETO CREEK.

"THE ADDITION OF DAILY FORECASTS TO OUR RIVER FORECAST
RESPONSIBILITIES WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED DECISION MAKING INFORMATION
FOR RECREATIONISTS...AGRICULTURE...AND OTHER INTERESTS IN THE
GUADALUPE RIVER BASIN" SAID SCOTT CORDERO...METEOROLOGIST-IN-
CHARGE OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI OFFICE.

THE CORPUS CHRISTI FORECAST OFFICE PROVIDES ALL WEATHER SERVICES
FOR 15 COUNTIES IN SOUTH TEXAS. THE OFFICE COLLECTS METEOROLOGICAL
DATA...PREPARES AND DISSEMINATES WEATHER FORECASTS...RIVER AND
FLOOD FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...AND ISSUES SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND
WARNINGS TO THE PUBLIC.

THE WEST GULF RIVER FORECAST CENTER PREPARES RIVER STAGE FORECASTS
FOR MORE THAN 320 LOCATIONS ALONG MAJOR RIVERS IN THE SOUTH
CENTRAL PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES. COVERING APPROXIMATELY
400,000 SQUARE MILES...THE CENTER'S AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
INCLUDES MUCH OF TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA
AND COLORADO. THESE FORECASTS ARE THEN FORWARDED TO NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES THROUGHOUT ITS SERVICE AREA FOR
DISSEMINATION TO THE PUBLIC.

"THIS NEW FORECAST SERVICE ON THE GUADALUPE RIVER BASIN IS AN
INVALUABLE TOOL" SAID THOMAS DONALDSON...HYDROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE OF
THE WEST GULF RIVER FORECAST CENTER. "DAILY RIVER STAGE FORECASTS
ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF RIVER FLOWS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
DECISION MAKERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH THE ADVANCED
HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE."

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF WEATHER
DATA...FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND ITS
TERRITORIES. IT OPERATES THE MOST ADVANCED WEATHER AND FLOOD
WARNING AND FORECAST SYSTEM IN THE WORLD...HELPING TO PROTECT LIVES
AND PROPERTY AND ENHANCE THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. 

VISIT US ONLINE AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI

AND ON FACEBOOK:
HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICECORPUSCHRISTI.GOV.

NOAA'S MISSION IS TO UNDERSTAND AND PREDICT CHANGES IN THE EARTH'S
ENVIRONMENT...FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN TO THE SURFACE OF THE
SUN...AND TO CONSERVE AND MANAGE OUR COASTAL AND MARINE
RESOURCES. 

VISIT US ON FACEBOOK: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/USNOAAGOV.

FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT:

SCOTT CORDERO
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
(361)-289-0959

OR 

THOMAS DONALDSON
WEST GULF RIVER FORECAST CENTER 
(817) 831-3940

$$

GW