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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1256 PM CDT THU APR 24 2008
...SIGNIFICANT RAINS LEADING TO NOTABLE RIVER LEVEL RISES ON THE
COLORADO RIVER...
WIDESPREAD...SIGNIFICANT RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...INCLUDING BORDEN AND SCURRY COUNTIES.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE HEAVIEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF BORDEN AND SCURRY COUNTIES WHERE COOPERATIVE
OBSERVERS...TEXAS TECH MESONET AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE WIDESPREAD
2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS...WITH ONE LOCATION IN FAR NORTHWESTERN SCURRY
COUNTY MEASURING ALMOST 5 INCHES.
GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...RISES IN RIVER LEVELS HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED ON THE COLORADO RIVER...INCLUDING THE RIVER GAUGE LOCATED 
13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAIL. INCREASED FLOWS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER
WILL LEAD TO POOL ELEVATION RISES AT LAKE J.B. THOMAS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AND FOR MOST OF
THE DAY ON SATURDAY...HOWEVER RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW
ROLLING PLAINS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. 
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THROUGH THIS AREA. IF YOU
ENCOUNTER A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROADWAY...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT.
YOUR VEHICLE COULD BE SWEPT DOWNSTREAM IN RUSHING FLOODWATERS.
 
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...PLEASE GO TO OUR LOCAL WEBPAGE LOCATED
AT...WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND...SELECT RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS UNDER
CURRENT CONDITIONS.
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