George West, TX Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...

* WHAT...Major flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Nueces River near Three Rivers.

* WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 40.0 feet, Significant flooding reaches miles from the
main channel, flooding homes in the flood plain near Three Rivers
to Lake Corpus Christi. Up to 4 feet of water is in River Creek
Acres Subdivision, flooding several homes. Kellner Camp along
County Road 336 floods, with water several feet deep surrounding
homes. Antelope Lane is flooded cutting off access to J.I. Hailey
Subdivision at Jones River bend. Water approaches the base of homes
along the river in Buckeye Knoll Subdivision, 2 miles west of
Swinny Switch.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:15 AM CDT Monday the stage was 6.2 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 20.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early
Wednesday afternoon and continue rising to 40.3 feet Friday
evening. Additional rises are possible thereafter.
- Flood stage is 25.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 40.2
feet on 07/13/2002.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood


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Below are the latest river stages and stage forecasts:

Fld   Observed                Forecasts (7 am)
Location     Stg   Stg   Day/Time    Tue   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat

Nueces River
Three Rivers 25.0  6.2   Mon 7 am    9.9   18.3  37.2  40.0  40.3



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