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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1031 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013

...MODEST RIVER RISE ON THE PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK RED RIVER...

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FELL ACROSS THE RED RIVER BASIN
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THIS HAS RESULTED IN A MODEST RISE OF
THE RIVER AT THE GAUGE STATION 10 MILES NORTH OF CHILDRESS TEXAS.

THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST AROUND 9.6 FEET AROUND 1 AM TUESDAY
MORNING DECREASING TO JUST UNDER 8 FEET BY 7AM THURSDAY.  AT 9.6
FEET...NO SUBSTANTIVE IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED AS 10.0 FEET IS
THE LOWER LIMIT FOR BOTH ACTION STAGE AND FLOOD STAGE.

AT 10.0 FEET...CATTLE GRAZING IN THE FLOOD PLAIN ARE THREATENED BY
RISING WATER.

NO FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS EVENT ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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