National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Issued: 1006 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013


THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR

  THE RED RIVER AT DRAYTON.

* FROM SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING 

  IS CANCELLED.

* AT 8:45 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 31.2 FEET. 

* MINOR FLOOD STAGE IS 32.0 FEET.

* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND 

  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 35.0 FEET BY MONDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.

* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST AT 35.0 ON MONDAY 

  DURING THIS 7-DAY PERIOD.



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LAT...LON 4881 9734 4848 9725 4846 9705 4874 9702

ISSUED AT 1244 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2013

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT AT NECHE ALONG THE PEMBINA
RIVER. OTHER RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN AT PEMBINA...DRAYTON AND
OSLO ON THE MAINSTEM RED...AS WELL AS HALLOCK...GRAFTON...DILWORTH
AND SABIN. SABIN WILL EASE BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.

THE PARK RIVER AT GRAFTON HAS CRESTED AND THE STAGE IS CURRENTLY
BELOW 15 FEET AND CONTINUES TO FALL.

AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PEMBINA...EASTERN
CAVALIER...AND WALSH COUNTIES.  WATER LEVELS ACROSS THIS AREA SHOULD
GRADUALLY DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH MODEST ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL ANTICIPATED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR
AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE RENWICK DAM ON THE TONGUE RIVER. WATER
REMAINS VERY HIGH AT THE DAM SITE AND IS BEING HELD BACK BY A
CONSTRUCTED EARTHEN LEVEE ON TOP OF THE DAM STRUCTURE. AT THIS
TIME...OFFICIALS NOTE THE TEMPORARY LEVEE ON TOP OF THE RENWICK DAM
REMAINS STABLE AND WILL STILL BE MONITORED. OTHERWISE...LAKE RENWICK
HAS BEEN SLOWLY RECEDING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.