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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
939 AM MDT TUE APR 9 2013
.VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED LAST NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE 
REPUBLICAN RIVER IN DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES. 
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS REPORTED 2.20 INCHES IN STRATTON...
2.10 INCHES IN CULBERTSON AND 2.02 INCHES AT TRENTON DAM. IN 
ADDITION...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN 
RURAL PARTS OF THE NAMED COUNTIES. 
AS A RESULT...THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AT STRATTON WAS REPORTED TO BE
BANK-TO-BANK WITH A STAGE READING AT STRATTON OF 8.6 FEET. THIS IS 
NEAR THE EXPECTED PEAK AND THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY FALL
TO 7.1 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
ALTHOUGH NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR FORECAST TO OCCUR...EXTRA CARE
SHOULD BE EXERCISED NEAR THE REPUBLICAN RIVER AND ASSOCIATED
TRIBUTARIES DUE TO THE UNUSUALLY HIGH LEVELS.
SAFETY MESSAGE...STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA ALL 
HAZARDS RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION...OR CABLE TELEVISION.
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                   FLD   OBSERVED             FORECAST 7AM     
LOCATION           STG   STG   DAY  TIME      WED    THU    FRI
REPUBLICAN RIVER
  STRATTON          11   8.6   TUE  8:45 AM   7.1    7.0    7.0
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