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WGUS44 KCRP 221443
FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
943 AM CDT WED JUL 22 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
NUECES RIVER NEAR TILDEN AFFECTING MCMULLEN COUNTY.
FOR THE NUECES RIVER...INCLUDING COTULLA, TILDEN, THREE RIVERS...
MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CRP.
TXC311-230545-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FL.W.0026.260725T0454Z-000000T0000Z/
/TILT2.3.ER.260725T0454Z.260727T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
943 AM CDT WED JUL 22 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NUECES RIVER NEAR TILDEN.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 20 FT, MAJOR FLOODING BELOW COTULLA TO BELOW TILDEN
OCCURS, AND CUTS OFF EXTENSIVE PORTIONS OF THE FLOOD PLAINS,
REQUIRING WHOLESALE EVACUATION OF LIVESTOCK FROM THE AREA. ROADS
AND BRIDGES NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD SEVERELY. HUNTING CABINS, PUMP
JACKS, TANK BATTERIES, IRRIGATION PUMPS, AND ANY EQUIPMENT IN LOW
AREAS NEAR THE RIVER FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.0 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE INTO FLOOD STAGE EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING WITH A RISE INTO MAJOR STAGE BY LATE SATURDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 22.8
FEET ON 08/19/2022.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS:
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT SUN MON
NUECES RIVER
TILDEN 14.0 2.0 WED 8 AM 2.3 5.4 20.4 22.2 22.7
LAT...LON 2817 9880 2836 9859 2845 9833 2833 9833
2826 9854 2807 9880
AE/DC
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