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930 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NUECES RIVER AT COTULLA.
* FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...OR
UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9 PM TUESDAY...THE STAGE WAS 13.1 FEET AND RISING.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO 15.8 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE RIVER
WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY EVENING.
* AT 15.0 FEET MODERATE LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS. THE PERIPHERAL
CHANNELS BETWEEN COTULLA AND TILDEN...CUTS OFF AREAS OF THE FLOOD
PLAIN...AND ISOLATES OR DROWNS CATTLE. IRRIGATION PUMPS...OIL FIELD
TANKS...AND HUNTING CABINS ARE FLOODED NEAR THE RIVER.
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Special Weather StatementTXZ229>234-239>247-200000-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS...
LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...
GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO...
ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...
INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...
WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA
529 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
...HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES INCLUSIVE ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...
WARM TO HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...
NEAR SURFACE MOISTURE WILL LINGER. THE COMBINATION OF EXPECTED
TEMPERATURES AND NEAR SURFACE MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN MAXIMUM HEAT
INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES INCLUSIVE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING
AS TEMPERATURES DECREASE.
RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY ARE URGED TO DRINK
PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING...
AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE HEAT. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS
SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER
WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES.
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