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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS ND
944 AM CST WED MAR 2 2011
...RED RIVER AT WAHPETON EXPECTED TO BE HIGH DUE TO DAM RELEASES...
THIS HIGH WATER NOTICE INCLUDES FORECASTS FOR THE RED RIVER AT 
WAHPETON.
.THE ST PAUL CORPS STARTED DRAWING DOWN THEIR FLOOD CONTROL
RESERVOIRS UPSTREAM OF WAHPETON IN EARNEST YESTERDAY.
TOTAL FLOWS AT WAHPETON ARE EXPECTED TO RAISE THE RIVER TO 9.5 
FEET...HALF A FOOT BELOW FLOOD STAGE...INTO NEXT WEEK.
DUE TO ICE IN THE CHANNEL... THE STAGES AT WAHPETON ARE
READING ABOUT A FOOT HIGHER THAN IF THE RIVER WAS ICE FREE.
ASSUMING THE ICE REMAINS IN PLACE AS THE INCREASED OUTFLOWS
GET TO THE WAHPETON AREA... THE FORECAST STAGES AT WAHPETON
ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO ABOUT 9.5 FEET AND REMAIN STEADY FOR
FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 7 DAYS.
RESERVOIR RELEASES MAY FLUCTUATE SLIGHTLY AS THE ST PAUL CORPS
MAKES ADJUSTMENTS TO THE GATES IN ORDER TO HIT THEIR DRAWDOWN
TARGET POOL ELEVATIONS.  IF STAGES AT WAHPETON RISE TO NEAR
FLOOD STAGE DUE TO THE RESERVOIR RELEASES... DAILY FORECASTS
WILL BEGIN.
OUTFLOWS FROM WHITE ROCK DAM ARE CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT 1100 CFS.
OUTFLOWS FROM ORWELL DAM ARE CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT 1200 CFS.
TOTAL FLOWS AT WAHPETON ARE EXPECTED TO RISE FROM ABOUT 1700 CFS TO 
NEAR 2400 CFS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
A HIGH WATER NOTICE IS ISSUED WHEN RIVER LEVELS ARE HIGH BUT ARE 
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE FOR THE FORECAST PERIOD.
SAFETY MESSAGE...TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN... 
 
 - DON'T TRAVEL THROUGH FLOODED AREAS!
 - PERSONS LIVING IN THE RED RIVER BASIN SHOULD MONITOR RIVER 
   LEVELS WHILE THE RIVER IS IN...OR NEAR...FLOOD.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...GO TO THE AHPS/RIVER SECTION 
ON OUR WEB PAGE AT:      WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRANDFORKS
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