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NOUS43 KBIS 072056
PNSBIS
NDZ046-082100-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
256 PM CST WED JAN 7 2015

...SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE FOR RIVER FORECASTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS
AT THE BEAVER CREEK NEAR LINTON (BVRN8) FORECAST POINT IN NORTH DAKOTA...

TO:      FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAA WEATHER WIRE
         SERVICE /NWWS/ SUBSCRIBERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER
         INFORMATION NETWORK /EMWIN/ SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT
         SUBSCRIBERS...OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/
         CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:    ALLEN SCHLAG
         SERVICE HYDROLOGIST
         WFO BISMARCK...BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA

SUBJECT: CHANGES IN THE NWS RECOGNIZED FLOOD STAGES FOR THE BEAVER
         CREEK NEAR LINTON FORECAST POINT IN EMMONS COUNTY NORTH
         DAKOTA.


THE CITY OF LINTON AND EMMONS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAVE
REQUESTED CHANGES IN THE RIVER ELEVATIONS USED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TO DEFINE ACTION STAGE AS WELL AS MINOR...
MODERATE...AND MAJOR FLOODING.

THE PREVIOUSLY USED ACTION AND FORECAST ISSUANCE STAGE OF 7 FEET IS
BEING MODIFIED TO A FORECAST ISSUANCE STAGE OF 9 FEET AND AN
ACTION STAGE OF 10 FEET.

THE PREVIOUSLY USED MINOR FLOOD STAGE OF 9 FEET IS BEING REPLACED
BY A NEW DEFINITION OF 12 FEET.

THE PREVIOUSLY USED MODERATE FLOOD STAGE OF 11 FEET IS BEING
REPLACED BY A NEW DEFINITION OF 14 FEET.

AND FINALLY...THE PREVIOUSLY USED MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 13 FEET IS
BEING REPLACED BY A NEW DEFINITION OF 16 FEET.

THESE NEW DEFINITIONS WILL BE USED FOR ALL FLOOD
WATCHES...ADVISORIES...AND WARNINGS FOR THIS LOCATION BEGINNING 10
FEBRUARY 2015.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THESE CHANGES CAN BE DIRECTED TO
ALLEN SCHLAG AT THE BISMARCK OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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AJS