Flood Potential Outlook
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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1128 AM CDT TUE APR 23 2013

...SNOWMELT WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE SOURIS AND JAMES RIVER
BASINS...

TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO WARM ACROSS THE SOURIS AND JAMES
RIVER BASINS THE END OF THIS WEEK. WIDESPREAD HIGHS IN THE 50S...
AND INTO THE 60S...WITH ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT LOWS...ARE
FORECAST THIS WEEKEND. THIS TEMPERATURE PATTERN WILL SUPPORT AN
AGGRESSIVE MELT OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING SNOWPACK.

SO FAR THIS SPRING...THE MELT HAS BEEN REMARKABLY GENTLE WITH LITTLE
RUNOFF REACHING STREAMS AND RIVERS. INSTEAD...THE MELTWATER HAS
BEEN ABSORBED BY THE SOIL. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE THIS WEEKEND
AS SNOW MELTS FASTER THAN THE SOIL CAN ACCEPT THE WATER...
RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF.

STREAM AND RIVER RISES ARE LIKELY FRIDAY...THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ALONG
WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF OVERLAND FLOODING. THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD
PRONE AREAS SHOULD USE THIS WEEK TO ASSESS THEIR FLOOD RISK FROM
BOTH RIVER AND OVERLAND FLOODING...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST WEATHER AND WATER FORECASTS AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK

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