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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
627 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2012

FOR THE CIMARRON RIVER...THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED...
KENTON.

.HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT ALONG THE CIMARRON RIVER HAS
CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE RIVER...TO BANKFULL STAGE.

FOR THE CIMARRON RIVER NEAR KENTON...THE LATEST STAGE IS 11.1 FEET AT
06 AM FRIDAY. THIS STAGE IS ABOVE THE BANKFULL STAGE 11.0 FEET. AT THIS
STAGE...WATER IS UP TO THE LOWEST NATURAL BANKS BUT WITHIN SECONDARY
BANKS. LOW WATER CROSSINGS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM ARE LIKELY FLOODED.
FENCES BELOW THE SECONDARY BANK COULD SUSTAIN DAMAGE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS EVENT.

CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.

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