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WGUS44 KCRP 190104
FLWCRP
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
804 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2021
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN TEXAS...
GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON AFFECTING REFUGIO, CALHOUN AND
VICTORIA COUNTIES.
FOR THE GUADALUPE RIVER...INCLUDING BLOOMINGTON...MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CRP.
TXC057-391-469-191530-
/O.EXT.KCRP.FL.W.0057.000000T0000Z-211022T1741Z/
/DUPT2.3.ER.211015T2240Z.211019T1800Z.211022T1230Z.NO/
804 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2021
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY AND
INCREASED IN DURATION UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE GUADALUPE RIVER NEAR BLOOMINGTON.
* UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 7:00 PM CDT MONDAY, THE STAGE WAS 27.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL HAVE A SLOW CREST NEAR 27.2 FEET FROM
LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SLOW FALL
WILL DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DROPPING BELOW FLOOD STAGE
FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 27.0 FEET, MAJOR FLOODING OCCURS. FLOW DOWNSTREAM NEAR
HIGHWAY 35 IS SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS WIDE, CUTTING OFF MANY OF
THELOWEST HOMES. LIVESTOCK ARE CUT OFF AND COULD DROWN. PUMPS,
TANK BATTERIES, AND ANY EQUIPMENT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN BELOW
VICTORIA ARE FLOODED. THE CAMPGROUND NEAR TIVOLI BELOW HIGHWAY 35
AND RESIDENCESJUST ABOVE HIGHWAY 35 ARE FLOODED.
BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND STAGE FORECASTS:
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 PM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME TUE WED THU FRI SAT
GUADALUPE RIVER
BLOOMINGTON 20.0 27.0 MON 7 PM 27.2 27.1 24.1 15.7 10.4
LAT...LON 2869 9704 2869 9698 2867 9695 2857 9688
2845 9680 2843 9685
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