Flood Warning  Statement as of 1:50 PM CST on November 21, 2009

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Flood Warning for
the San Antonio River at Goliad.
* From Sunday afternoon to late Monday night... or until the warning
is cancelled.
* At 1 PM Saturday the stage was 16.6 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 25.0 feet.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by tomorrow early afternoon and
continue to rise to near 26.0 feet by early Monday morning. The
river will fall below flood stage by late Monday morning.
* Flood history... this crest compares to a previous crest of 25.2 feet
on Jul 10 2007.

* At 25.0 feet minor lowland flooding occurs... with water in the
lowest areas of Goliad State Park. Livestock below Goliad to the
Guadalupe River confluence are cut off and potentially drown.



Below are the latest river stages and stage forecasts:


                      fld latest forecast 6 am lst
location stg stg day time sun Mon Tue Wed Thu

San Antonio River
Goliad 25 16.6 Sat 1 PM 23.5 25.6 16.5 9.1 6.0

841 am CST Sat Nov 21 2009

... Forecast flooding increased from moderate to major severity...
the Flood Warning continues for
the Guadalupe River near Bloomington.
* From this afternoon until further notice... or until the warning is
cancelled.
* At 8:00 am Saturday the stage was 16.3 feet.
* Major flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 20.0 feet.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by late this afternoon and
continue to rise to near 27.0 feet by Tuesday morning.
* Flood history... this crest compares to a previous crest of 26.3 feet
on Oct 8 2009.

* At 27.0 feet major flooding occurs. Flow downstream near Highway
35 is several hundred yards wide... cutting off many of the lowest
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 residences
just above Highway 35 are flooded.



Below are the latest river stages and stage forecasts:


                      fld latest forecast 6 am lst
location stg stg day time sun Mon Tue Wed Thu

Guadalupe River
Victoria 21 17.0 Sat 08 am 25.7 28.1 23.9 15.7 10.4
Bloomington 20 16.3 Sat 08 am 24.5 26.5 27.0 26.7 24.7

841 am CST Sat Nov 21 2009

... Forecast flooding increased from minor to moderate severity...
the Flood Warning continues for
the Guadalupe River at Victoria.
* From this afternoon to late Tuesday night... or until the warning is
cancelled.
* At 8:17 am Saturday the stage was 17.0 feet.
* Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 21.0 feet.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by late this afternoon and
continue to rise to near 28 feet by Monday morning. The river
will fall below flood stage by Tuesday early afternoon.
* Flood history... this crest compares to a previous crest of 27.4 feet
on Oct 7 2009.

* At 28.0 feet the lowest areas of the zoo and Golf course... and most
of Riverside Park flood. Hundreds of livestock are cut off and may
drown in the flood plain above Cuero to Tivoli. Water is near the
first parking lot on mccright and in the field across from the zoo.

 Record Report  Statement as of 05:32 am CST on November 21, 2009

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Corpus Christi...

a record rainfall of 2.45 inch(es) was set at Corpus Christi
yesterday. This breaks the old record of 1.2 set in 1931.