Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS ND
956 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
DAKOTA...

  PARK RIVER AT GRAFTON AFFECTING WALSH COUNTY

.THE SEGMENTS IN THIS PRODUCT ARE RIVER FORECASTS FOR SELECTED
 LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...TURN AROUND, DON`T DROWN...

 - DON`T TRAVEL THROUGH FLOODED AREAS!

 - PERSONS LIVING IN THE RED RIVER BASIN SHOULD MONITOR RIVER
   LEVELS WHILE THE RIVER IS IN...OR NEAR...FLOOD.

 - LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TV
   FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...GO TO THE AHPS/RIVER SECTION
ON OUR WEB PAGE AT:      WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRANDFORKS

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956 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
  THE PARK RIVER AT GRAFTON
* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT  9:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.

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LAT...LON 4850 9749 4839 9750 4842 9716 4851 9715
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DAILY 7 AM CDT/6 AM CST FORECAST STAGE IN FEET:

 DATE                TUE    WED    THU    FRI    SAT    SUN    MON
(MONTH/DAY)         05/21  05/22  05/23  05/24  05/25  05/26  05/27

PARK RIVER
  GRAFTON           10.0   11.7   12.5   12.3   11.4   10.5    9.8

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WJB

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1121 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN NORTH
DAKOTA...

  WILLOW CREEK NEAR WILLOW CITY AFFECTING MCHENRY AND BOTTINEAU
  COUNTIES

FOR WILLOW CREEK INCLUDING WILLOW CITY...MINOR FLOODDING IS POSSIBLE.

.RUNOFF FROM RECENT RAINFALL OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS THE
WILLOW CREEK BASIN MAY CAUSE THE CREEK NEAR WILLOW CITY TO RISE ABOVE
MINOR FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL RISES POSSIBLE
THEREAFTER. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO HOW MUCH WATER HAS INFILTRATED
INTO THE GROUND AND HOW MUCH WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO THE CHANNEL.

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1121 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR WILLOW CREEK NEAR WILLOW CITY
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 11:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY SATURDAY.

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             FLD  OBSERVED       FORECASTS (7AM)
LOCATION     STG  STG DAY/TIME   FRI    SAT    SUN    MON    TUE

SOURIS RIVER BASIN
 WILLOW CITY  10  8.7 THU 11 AM   9.2   10.0   10.6   10.9   11.0

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