751 FGUS84 KLUB 031658 RVSLBB TXC075-041600- RIVER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1133 AM CDT THU MAY 03 2001 ...RIVER LEVELS MAY APPROACH FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY... THIS SATEMENT CONCERNS THE PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK OF THE RED RIVER NEAR CHILDRESS. AT 9 AM THIS MORNING...THE RIVER STAGE AT THE GAUGE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CHILDRESS WAS AT 8.8 FEET. THIS LEVEL IS 1.2 FEET BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET. PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING PRODUCED WIDESPREAD AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES WERE OBSERVED IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE RED RIVER BASIN NEAR CHILDRESS DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS LEAD TO A RISE ALONG THE PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK OF THE RED RIVER AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. RIVER LEVELS BEGAN TO FALL THEREAFTER AND THIS TREND CONTINUES THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IF THESE AMOUNTS MATERIALIZE...DRAINAGE INTO THE PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK WILL CAUSE RIVER LEVELS RISE AND POSSIBLY APPROACH FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE RIVER IS NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET BUT THIS COULD CHANGE IF HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. $$ BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND CREST FORECASTS: FLOOD ---OBSERVED--- ---FORECAST-(FEET)--- STAGE STAGE THU FRI FRI FRI LOCATION (FEET) (FEET) 7PM 1AM 7AM 1PM PRAIRIE DG TN FK RED RIVER CHILDRESS 10N 10 09 AM THU 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.6 9.8  751 FGUS84 KLUB 031658 RVSLBB TXC075-041600- RIVER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1133 AM CDT THU MAY 03 2001 ...RIVER LEVELS MAY APPROACH FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY... THIS SATEMENT CONCERNS THE PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK OF THE RED RIVER NEAR CHILDRESS. AT 9 AM THIS MORNING...THE RIVER STAGE AT THE GAUGE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CHILDRESS WAS AT 8.8 FEET. THIS LEVEL IS 1.2 FEET BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET. PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING PRODUCED WIDESPREAD AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES WERE OBSERVED IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE RED RIVER BASIN NEAR CHILDRESS DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS LEAD TO A RISE ALONG THE PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK OF THE RED RIVER AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. RIVER LEVELS BEGAN TO FALL THEREAFTER AND THIS TREND CONTINUES THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IF THESE AMOUNTS MATERIALIZE...DRAINAGE INTO THE PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK WILL CAUSE RIVER LEVELS RISE AND POSSIBLY APPROACH FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE RIVER IS NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET BUT THIS COULD CHANGE IF HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. $$ BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND CREST FORECASTS: FLOOD ---OBSERVED--- ---FORECAST-(FEET)--- STAGE STAGE THU FRI FRI FRI LOCATION (FEET) (FEET) 7PM 1AM 7AM 1PM PRAIRIE DG TN FK RED RIVER CHILDRESS 10N 10 09 AM THU 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.6 9.8