Flood Warning

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
143 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...

  RIO GRANDE AT LAREDO AFFECTING WEBB COUNTY

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

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 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. CLICK ON THE RIVER FORECASTS
IMAGE AT THE TOP...THEN CLICK ON THE FORECAST POINT.

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143 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RIO GRANDE AT LAREDO.
* FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE
  WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 1:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.2 FEET, OR 1.9 METERS.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8 FEET...OR 2.4 METERS.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY
  FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 8.2 FEET...OR 2.5
  METERS AND THEN HOLD NEAR THIS LEVEL.

* AT 8 FEET OR 2.4 METERS...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS.  FLOW
REACHES THE LOWER SECTIONS OF THE CUSTOMS PARKING LOT IN LAREDO.

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  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

RIO GRANDE
  LAREDO                8   6.2 WED 01 AM   6.2  6.8  8.1  8.2  8.1

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