National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Issued: 841 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE PEMBINA RIVER AT WALHALLA.
* UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:15 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND DURING THE NEXT 7 DAYS...MINOR 
  FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* MINOR FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT STATEMENT(S) - AT 11.0 FEET, MINOR FLOOD STAGE.

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LAT...LON 4900 9825 4887 9808 4884 9787 4892 9764 4900 9771

ISSUED AT 342 AM CDT THU 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 BEGINNING TO FALL SLOWLY.

THE PARK RIVER AT GRAFTON APPEARS TO BE NEAR ITS CREST THIS MORNING
A BIT UNDER ITS RECORD OF 16.5 FEET.

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.