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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
207 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013

FOR THE PALO DURO CREEK...THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED...
SPEARMAN.

.SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LAST NIGHT CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT RISE
IN THE RIVER...TO OVER BANKFULL STAGE.

FOR THE PALO DURO CREEK AT SPEARMAN...THE LATEST STAGE AS OF 2 PM
SATURDAY WAS 15 FEET. AT THIS STAGE...MODERATE OVERBANK FLOODING
OCCURS. CATTLE AREA THREATENED AND DAMAGE TO FENCES IS POSSIBLE.

THE PALO DURO CREEK AT SPEARMAN CRESTED AT 16 FEET AT 8 AM CDT
THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
IT SHOULD FALL BELOW BANKFULL BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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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