janetjanet998 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Area flood forecast takes ominous turn Recent warm days and dry weather the past few weeks had many expecting sunny news when the National Weather Service issued its latest flood forecast Thursday. Instead, the picture was gloomier than it was a month ago. Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker said the National Weather Service numbers came as a surprise, but he stressed it is too early to accurately predict how badly or easily things will go this spring. Forecasted spring river levels ticked upward compared to last month’s outlook for many cities in the Red River Valley, and the ramifications remain ominous. There’s about a 20 percent chance that Fargo and Moorhead, Valley City, N.D., and Hendrum and Oslo, Minn., will see flooding that matches or exceeds record levels. Reasons for that include high moisture levels in the soil and heavy flows in rivers and streams, the weather service said. Also, larger-than-expected releases from Baldhill Dam and Lake Ashtabula northwest of Valley City will affect flows on the Sheyenne River in North Dakota. http://www.inforum.c...icle/id/309068/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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janetjanet998 Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 over a 1/2inch of precip forecast (snow)in the extreme southern portion of the valley the next 48 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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