National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

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

ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

MOST TRIBUTARIES OF THE RED RIVER WERE FALLING ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. THE EXCEPTION WAS THE BUFFALO RIVER AT DILWORTH WHICH IS
RISING AND IS FORECAST TO CREST JUST ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING.

ON THE MAIN STEM OF THE RED RIVER...THE RIVER WAS FALLING IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE VALLEY. AND IN THE NORTHERN VALLEY...THE RED
RIVER WAS RISING AS A RESPECTABLE AMOUNT OF WATER CONTINUES TO FLOW
INTO THE MAINSTEM RED. OSLO IS FORECAST TO CREST SATURDAY...DRAYTON
TO CREST ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY...AND PEMBINA TO CREST NEXT THURSDAY
OR FRIDAY.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT AT NECHE ON THE PEMBINA
RIVER. OTHER RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN AT PEMBINA...DRAYTON AND
OSLO ON THE MAINSTEM RED...AS WELL AS HALLOCK...GRAFTON AND
DILWORTH.

THE PARK RIVER AT GRAFTON HAS CRESTED AND THE STAGE IS CURRENTLY
BELOW 14 FEET AND FALLING.

AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PEMBINA...WALSH...AND
EASTERN CAVALIER 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 THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.