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Show THIS TIllS TIlIS YEAR'S YEARS ' HIGH IIIGH WATERCAME WATERCAME WATER WATERCAME CAME ONE \ MONTH l\IONTJI l IONTJI MONTIi EJ\RL EJ RL EARLYSurging EARLY EARLYSurfing \ Y Surfing SurgJIng Surging flood waters of themighty the themIghty themighty mIghty Colorado today reached reachpd a adepth adepth depth in 111 Grand Junction of 8 81 81feetthe 81feet 1 1feetthe feet-the feet the - - the first time in the hIStory hIStoryof historyof of nver river records that an eIght-foot eIght foot eIghtfootstage eightfootstage eight-footstage eight footstage - stage has been reached in m Aiprl1HIghest AprilHighest Alprll Aiprl1 April ever reached this month monthbefore monthbefcre befcre before was 7 79 9 feet , . on April 29 29,1930 291930 , 1930 Todays Today s reading readmg was v w . 3S as up 2 in inches in- in inches - ches fiom ilom from yesterdayThe yesterdayThe yesterday The average nver ner river n\ n \ er stage foi fOl for April 24 according accordmg to E L Felton , , meteo meteo- meteorologist meteorologist meteorologist - - rologist in m the local vv \ weather cather Bather bureau bureauis is only 52 feet The average date cf cfoccurrence cfoccurrence cfoccurrence occurrence of a 13 . . liver river stage of 8 1 1feet feet is on May 24-Just 24 Just 24-lust lust 24 - - just one month monthliter I Ihter ilater hter later than the date that depth was wasI wasreached wasreached wasreached I reached this year-Grand year Grand vear ear-Grand ear Grand - Grand Junc- Junc Junction Junction Junc Junction - - , tion Sentinel ! |