000 FPUS74 KCRP 270601 NOWCRP SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1200 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 GMZ230-235-TXZ231>234-241>247-270730- ARANSAS-BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-BEE-CALHOUN- GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LIVE OAK-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO- VICTORIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...BEEVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI... GEORGE WEST...GOLIAD...KINGSVILLE...PORT LAVACA...REFUGIO... ROCKPORT...SINTON...VICTORIA 1200 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 .NOW... THROUGH 130 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND OVER THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL FALL ACROSS NORTHERN LIVE OAK AND BEE COUNTIES...WHERE UP TO 1/4 OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AMOUNT TO A TRACE OR A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH THROUGH 130 AM. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS THE AREA...STRONGEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND...COAST...BAYS AND NEARSHORE GULF WATERS. RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS THAN MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. IN ADDITION...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION. $$ TXZ229-230-239-240-270730- DUVAL-LASALLE-MCMULLEN-WEBB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...FREER...LAREDO...TILDEN 1200 AM CST SUN MAR 27 2005 .NOW... THROUGH 130 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND BRUSH COUNTY OF SOUTH TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF MCMULLEN COUNTY...WHERE UP TO 1/4 OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AMOUNT TO A TRACE OR A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AND INCH THROUGH 130 AM. $$ JR