295  
WGUS44 KCRP 031603  
FLWCRP  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX  
1003 AM CST SAT FEB 3 2024  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...  
 
COLETO CREEK AT ARNOLD ROAD CROSSING AFFECTING VICTORIA AND  
GOLIAD COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE COLETO CREEK...INCLUDING ARNOLD ROAD CROSSING...MAJOR  
FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
STAY TUNED TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO,  
TELEVISION, OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CRP.  
 

 
 
TXC175-469-040715-  
/O.EXT.KCRP.FL.W.0004.240203T1603Z-240205T0343Z/  
/SCDT2.3.ER.240203T1531Z.240203T2100Z.240204T1143Z.NO/  
1003 AM CST SAT FEB 3 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE TOMORROW  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...COLETO CREEK AT ARNOLD ROAD CROSSING.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE TOMORROW EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, MAJOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS, AND CUTS  
LIVESTOCK OFF AND POTENTIALLY DROWNS THEM WELL AWAY FROM THE  
CREEK. MOST ROADS AND LOW BRIDGES NEAR THE RIVER ARE SEVERELY  
FLOODED AND ARE DANGEROUS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:45 AM CST SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.2 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:45 AM CST SATURDAY WAS 15.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 19.7  
FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS:  
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (9 AM)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME SUN MON TUE WED THU  
 
COLETO CREEK  
ARNOLD ROAD CROSS 15.0 15.2 SAT 9 AM 13.7 8.8 6.5 5.9 5.8  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2888 9729 2893 9721 2874 9710 2871 9722  
 

 
 
KRS  
 
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