Flood Warning

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1023 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
DAKOTA...

  PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE AFFECTING STUTSMAN COUNTY

FOR THE PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

.RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE THE PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR
PINGREE TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 10.5 FEET BY FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER TOPS THE
ROADWAY. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN. AVOID DRIVING ON FLOODED ROADS.

&&

NDC093-230923-
/O.EXT.KBIS.FL.W.0021.130522T2230Z-130528T0000Z/
/PGEN8.1.ER.130522T2230Z.130524T1200Z.130527T1200Z.NO/
1023 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT  9:15 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 10.5 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL AFFECTS FARMLAND, BUT
  NO MAJOR CITIES OR ROADS.

&&

             FLD  OBSERVED       FORECASTS (7PM)
LOCATION     STG  STG DAY/TIME   WED    THU    FRI    SAT    SUN

JAMES RIVER BASIN
 PINGREE       9  7.7 TUE 9 PM   9.1    10.2   10.4   10.1    9.4

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WAA