715 WGUS44 KLUB 040234 FLWLBB TXC075-041400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED RIVER FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 935 PM CDT THU MAY 03 2001 ...RIVER FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR THE PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK OF THE RED RIVER NEAR CHILDRESS... ...MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED... AT 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THE RIVER STAGE AT THE GAUGE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CHILDRESS WAS 8.5 FEET. THIS LEVEL IS 1.5 FEET BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. WITH THIS LEVEL OF RAINFALL EXPECTED...RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED RISE AND MEET OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. AT 10 FEET...ONLY MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED. NO MAJOR STRUCTURES ARE KNOWN TO FLOOD AT THIS LEVEL AND THERE IS ONLY A THREAT TO CATTLE GRAZING IN THE FLOOD PLAIN. EQUIPMENT AND CATTLE SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED RAIN OCCURS OVERNIGHT...THE RIVER STAGE MAY EXCEED WHAT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. $$ BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND CREST FORECASTS: FLOOD ---OBSERVED--- ---FORECAST-(FEET)--- STAGE STAGE FRI FRI FRI FRI LOCATION (FEET) (FEET) 1AM 7AM 1PM 7PM PRAIRIE DG TN FK RED RIVER CHILDRESS 10N 10 05 PM THU 8.5 8.8 9.6 10.0 9.6  715 WGUS44 KLUB 040234 FLWLBB TXC075-041400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED RIVER FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 935 PM CDT THU MAY 03 2001 ...RIVER FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR THE PRAIRIE DOG TOWN FORK OF THE RED RIVER NEAR CHILDRESS... ...MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED... AT 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THE RIVER STAGE AT THE GAUGE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF CHILDRESS WAS 8.5 FEET. THIS LEVEL IS 1.5 FEET BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEGINNING LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. WITH THIS LEVEL OF RAINFALL EXPECTED...RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED RISE AND MEET OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. AT 10 FEET...ONLY MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED. NO MAJOR STRUCTURES ARE KNOWN TO FLOOD AT THIS LEVEL AND THERE IS ONLY A THREAT TO CATTLE GRAZING IN THE FLOOD PLAIN. EQUIPMENT AND CATTLE SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED RAIN OCCURS OVERNIGHT...THE RIVER STAGE MAY EXCEED WHAT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. $$ BELOW ARE THE LATEST RIVER STAGES AND CREST FORECASTS: FLOOD ---OBSERVED--- ---FORECAST-(FEET)--- STAGE STAGE FRI FRI FRI FRI LOCATION (FEET) (FEET) 1AM 7AM 1PM 7PM PRAIRIE DG TN FK RED RIVER CHILDRESS 10N 10 05 PM THU 8.5 8.8 9.6 10.0 9.6