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KALAMAZOO AND ST. JOSEPH RIVER BASINS
LONG-RANGE PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
827 AM CDT TUE MAR 12 2024

IN TABLE 1 BELOW...THE CURRENT (CS) AND HISTORICAL (HS) OR NORMAL
PROBABILITIES OF EXCEEDING MINOR...MODERATE...AND MAJOR FLOOD STAGES
ARE LISTED FOR THE VALID TIME PERIOD.

CS VALUES INDICATE THE PROBABILITY OF REACHING A FLOOD CATEGORY
BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS.

HS VALUES INDICATE THE PROBABILITY OF REACHING A FLOOD CATEGORY
BASED ON HISTORICAL OR NORMAL CONDITIONS.

WHEN THE VALUE OF CS IS MORE THAN HS...THE PROBABILITY OF
EXCEEDING THAT LEVEL IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL. WHEN THE VALUE OF CS IS
LESS THAN HS...THE PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDING THAT LEVEL IS LOWER
THAN NORMAL.


:...TABLE 1--PROBABILITIES FOR MINOR...MODERATE AND MAJOR FLOODING...
                   VALID PERIOD: 03/18/2024 - 06/16/2024

                                    : CURRENT AND HISTORICAL CHANCES
                                    : OF EXCEEDING FLOOD CATEGORIES
                                    :       AS A PERCENTAGE(%)
                     CATEGORICAL    :
                  FLOOD STAGES (FT) :   MINOR    MODERATE   MAJOR
LOCATION          MINOR  MOD  MAJOR :  CS   HS   CS   HS   CS   HS
--------          ----- ----- ----- : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
:Kalamazoo River
MARM4             8.0    9.0   10.0    <5   10   <5    8   <5    7
:Battle Creek
BCRM4             4.0    5.0    6.0    <5   <5   <5   <5   <5   <5
:Kalamazoo River
BTCM4             9.0   10.0   11.0    <5   <5   <5   <5   <5   <5
CMSM4             9.0   10.0   11.0    <5   10   <5   <5   <5   <5
RCMM4            17.0   19.0   21.0    <5    6   <5   <5   <5   <5
:St Joseph River
BURM4             6.5    9.0   11.0    <5   10   <5   <5   <5   <5
:Portage River
VCKM4             5.5    7.0    8.0     5    6   <5   <5   <5   <5
:St Joseph River
TRVM4             7.0    9.0   11.0    26   43   <5    9   <5   <5
MOTM4             8.0    9.0   10.0    <5   10   <5    8   <5   <5
:North Branch Elkhart River
CPEI3             6.0    7.0    8.0    34   35    8   11   <5   <5
:Elkhart River
GSHI3             7.0    9.0   11.0    12   18   <5    6   <5   <5
:St Joseph River
EKMI3            24.0   25.0   27.0    11   16    6   10   <5   <5
SBNI3             5.5    8.0    9.0    19   35   <5    9   <5   <5
NILM4            11.0   14.0   15.0    17   22   <5    8   <5   <5

LEGEND
CS  = CONDITIONAL SIMULATION (CURRENT OUTLOOK)
HS  = HISTORICAL SIMULATION
FT  = FEET


IN TABLE 2 BELOW...THE 95 THROUGH 5 PERCENT COLUMNS INDICATE THE PROBABILITY
OF EXCEEDING THE LISTED STAGE LEVELS (FT) FOR THE VALID TIME PERIOD.

:...TABLE 2--EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITIES...

.B MSR 0318 Z DH12 /DC2403121327/DVD90/HGVFZXT/HGVFZX9/HGVFZXH
.B1 /HGVFZX5/HGVFZXG/HGVFZX1/HGVFZXF
:
:       Chance of Exceeding Stages (ft) at Specific Locations
:             Valid  Period: 03/18/2024 - 06/16/2024
:
:           95%     90%     75%     50%     25%     10%      5%
:           ---     ---     ---     ---     ---     ---     ---
:Kalamazoo River
MARM4       5.0/    5.0/    5.1/    5.7/    6.5/    6.9/    7.9
:Battle Creek
BCRM4       1.4/    1.5/    1.6/    2.0/    2.3/    2.7/    2.8
:Kalamazoo River
BTCM4       3.9/    3.9/    4.1/    4.7/    5.5/    6.1/    6.6
CMSM4       5.0/    5.1/    5.3/    6.2/    7.0/    8.4/    8.8
RCMM4      13.5/   13.6/   14.0/   14.6/   15.3/   16.4/   16.8
:St Joseph River
BURM4       4.6/    4.8/    5.1/    5.3/    5.8/    6.0/    6.5
:Portage River
VCKM4       4.4/    4.5/    4.7/    4.9/    5.2/    5.4/    5.5
:St Joseph River
TRVM4       5.0/    5.3/    5.6/    6.4/    7.1/    7.7/    8.6
MOTM4       4.6/    4.8/    5.3/    5.9/    6.6/    7.1/    7.9
:North Branch Elkhart River
CPEI3       4.6/    4.6/    5.0/    5.6/    6.2/    6.7/    7.3
:Elkhart River
GSHI3       3.1/    3.3/    3.9/    4.8/    5.9/    7.2/    8.0
:St Joseph River
EKMI3      20.4/   20.8/   21.4/   22.1/   22.8/   24.1/   25.3
SBNI3       2.0/    2.4/    3.4/    4.4/    5.3/    6.7/    7.5
NILM4       7.0/    7.4/    8.3/    9.2/   10.2/   11.9/   12.8
.END


IN TABLE 3 BELOW...THE 95 THROUGH 5 PERCENT COLUMNS INDICATE THE PROBABILITY
OF FALLING BELOW THE LISTED STAGE LEVELS (FT) FOR THE VALID TIME PERIOD.

:...TABLE 3--NONEXCEEDANCE PROBABILITIES...

.B MSR 0318 Z DH12 /DC2403121327/DVD90/HGVFZNT/HGVFZN9/HGVFZNH
.B1 /HGVFZN5/HGVFZNG/HGVFZN1/HGVFZNF
:
:       Chance of Falling Below Stages (ft) at Specific Locations
:               Valid  Period: 03/18/2024 - 06/16/2024
:
:           95%     90%     75%     50%     25%     10%      5%
:           ---     ---     ---     ---     ---     ---     ---
:Kalamazoo River
MARM4       4.2/    4.1/    3.2/    3.2/    3.2/    3.2/    3.2
:Battle Creek
BCRM4       1.1/    1.1/    1.0/    1.0/    0.9/    0.9/    0.9
:Kalamazoo River
BTCM4       3.5/    3.4/    3.3/    3.2/    3.1/    3.0/    2.9
CMSM4       4.6/    4.5/    4.4/    4.3/    4.1/    4.1/    4.0
RCMM4      12.0/   11.7/   11.5/   11.3/   10.8/   10.5/   10.3
:St Joseph River
BURM4       4.1/    4.0/    3.9/    3.8/    3.6/    3.4/    3.4
:Portage River
VCKM4       4.1/    4.1/    4.0/    3.9/    3.8/    3.8/    3.7
:St Joseph River
TRVM4       4.2/    4.2/    3.9/    3.7/    3.4/    3.3/    3.2
MOTM4       3.9/    3.8/    3.6/    3.4/    3.0/    2.8/    2.7
:North Branch Elkhart River
CPEI3       4.0/    3.8/    3.6/    3.4/    3.2/    3.1/    2.9
:Elkhart River
GSHI3       2.6/    2.5/    2.3/    2.1/    1.9/    1.8/    1.6
:St Joseph River
EKMI3      19.6/   19.6/   19.3/   18.9/   18.6/   18.4/   18.2
SBNI3       1.1/    1.0/    0.7/    0.4/    0.1/   -0.2/   -0.3
NILM4       5.9/    5.8/    5.5/    5.2/    4.9/    4.6/    4.5
.END


:Long-range probabilistic outlooks are issued near the end of
:the month throughout the year.

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