National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Issued: 915 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE RED RIVER AT FARGO.
* UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:15 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.6 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 18.1 FEET BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY EVENING.
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 18.1 ON EARLY FRIDAY MORNING 
  DURING THIS 7-DAY PERIOD.
* IMPACT STATEMENT(S) - AT 19.0 FEET, FARGO...LOW-LEVEL DAM SOUTH OF 
  MAIN AVENUE IS UNDERWATER.

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LAT...LON 4715 9673 4724 9683 4724 9694 4676 9689 4677 9671

ISSUED AT 959 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT AT WALHALLA AND NECHE ALONG
THE PEMBINA RIVER...WITH WALHALLA HAVING CRESTED AND FALLING...AND
NECHE NOW CRESTING.

THE PARK RIVER AT GRAFTON IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR THE RECORD OF
16.5 FEET TONIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING.

THERE ARE ALSO A FEW RIVER POINTS WITHIN THE AREA THAT ARE EXPECTED
TO REACH MINOR FLOOD STAGE.

AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PEMBINA...EASTERN
CAVALIER...AND WALSH COUNTIES. THE MAIN SURGE OF WATER IS NOW INTO
CENTRAL PEMBINA AND WALSH COUNTIES...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
TOWARD THE RED RIVER. WATER LEVELS ACROSS THIS AREA SHOULD GRADUALLY
DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
ANTICIPATED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY 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.  ALSO...
OFFICIALS ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR SEVERAL RETENTION DAMS TO THE
WEST OF RENWICK DAM. AT THIS TIME...OFFICIALS NOTE THE TEMPORARY
LEVEE ON TOP OF THE RENWICK DAM APPEARS TO BE STABLE AND WILL BE
CONTINUALLY MONITORED. LAKE RENWICK HAS SLOWLY RECEDED OVER THE PAST
FEW HOURS. WATER HAS STOPPED FLOWING OVER THE EMERGENCY SPILLWAYS AT
MOST OF THE RETENTION DAMS WEST OF THE RENWICK DAM. HOWEVER...THE
THREAT REMAINS AND FAILURE WOULD MEAN MAJOR FLOODING WOULD BE
IMMINENT FOR THE CITIES OF AKRA...CAVALIER...AND BATHGATE.