PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1037 AM CDT SUN MAY 18 2014 ...SUMMARY OF FLOOD PRODUCTS AS OF SUNDAY MORNING... FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE SOURIS RIVER NEAR TOWNER...BANTRY...AND WESTHOPE. UPPER REACHES OF THE SOURIS RIVER HAVE FALLEN SEVERAL FEET AND ALL UPSTREAM DAMS HAVE LOWERED THEIR DISCHARGES OVER THE PAST WEEK. FOR THE TOWNER THROUGH WESTHOPE AREA THE COUNTRYSIDE NEEDS TO DRAIN OFF BEFORE RIVER LEVELS FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY OVER THE SOURIS RIVER BASIN. THIS WILL NOT ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO RIVER LEVELS. ELSEWHERE IN THE SOURIS RIVER BASIN...WILLOW CREEK NEAR WILLOW CITY REMAINS IN MINOR FLOOD STAGE. THE CREEK LEVEL WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY BEFORE FALLING LATE IN THE WEEK. THIS IS DUE TO THE BACKWATER EFFECTS OF THE SOURIS RIVER. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION IN YOUR AREA...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. FOR INFORMATION ON RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS CLICK ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES TAB NEAR THE TOP OF THE MAIN PAGE. $$ KS
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 19:03:23 +0000
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