Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX

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FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
913 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY FOR THE
  FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...

  NUECES RIVER AT COTULLA AFFECTING LA SALLE...LIVE OAK AND MCMULLEN
  COUNTIES

.RECENT OR ANTICIPATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED
RIVER BASINS WILL RESULT IN RIVER RISES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 PREDICTED 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. IN THE BLUE MENU SECTION ON THE LEFT OF
THE PAGE...UNDER THE "CURRENT WEATHER" SUBMENU...CLICK
ON "RIVERS/LAKES" WHICH TAKES YOU TO OUR AHPS WEB PAGE.

&&

TXC283-297-311-200813-
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913 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
  THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NUECES RIVER AT COTULLA.
* FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TO LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE
  WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.5 FEET.
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.4 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 17.0 FEET MAJOR LOWLAND FLOODING ABOVE COTULLA TO BELOW TILDEN.
  IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT, OIL WELL PUMP JACKS AND TANK BATTERIES, HUNTING
  CABINS AND LIVESTOCK CUT OFF IN WIDE AREAS OF THE FLOOD PLAIN.

$$

&&

  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
  COTULLA              15  13.5 WED 08 AM  13.7 15.3 16.9 17.4 16.0

$$

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