National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

There is no stage forecast for this
river location at this time.

ISSUED AT 125 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

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

BIGGEST FORECAST CHANGE IS ALONG PARK RIVER AT GRAFTON WHERE THE
RECENT RAINFALL HAS TRIGGERED RAPID STAGE RISES TOWARD MAJOR AND
ULTIMATELY NEAR RECORD FLOOD LEVELS.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN
MAINSTEM RED AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY MINNESOTA TRIBUTARIES
TO THE RED. THESE POINTS ARE ALL EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE MINOR FLOOD
STAGE EXCEPT FOR OSLO WHERE MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.

AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR PEMBINA...EASTERN
CAVALIER...AND WALSH COUNTIES THROUGH THURSDAY. BY THEN AREAL
FLOODING SHOULD BECOME LESS OF A CONCERN WITH LITTLE PRECIPITATION
AND THE CHANCE FOR SOME DRYING WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES.

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.
HOWEVER...THE THREAT REMAINS AND FAILURE WOULD MEAN MAJOR FLOODING
WOULD BE IMMINENT FOR THE CITIES OF AKRA...CAVALIER...AND BATHGATE.