FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1057 AM CST MON FEB 6 2012

...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
DAKOTA...
  MISSOURI RIVER NEAR WILLISTON AFFECTING WILLIAMS AND MCKENZIE
  COUNTIES
FOR THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN INCLUDING WILLISTON...HIGH WATER IS
OCCURRING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

.AS OF 1030 MONDAY MORNING...THE LEVEL OF THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR
WILLISTON WAS 22.34 FT. THE RIVER NEAR WILLISTON HAS SLOWLY BEEN
FALLING AND SHOULD CONTINUE DOWNWARD AS THE RIVER APPEARS TO FINALLY
BE GAINING A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENCY TO GO ALONG WITH WHAT APPEARS TO
ALSO BE A VERY SLOW STEADY TO DOWNWARD TREND AT SIDNEY AND CULBERTSON.
HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT RELIEF FROM THIS HIGH WATER WILL NOT LIKELY BE
RECEIVED FOR SEVERAL DAYS AS ONLY A CONTINUED GAIN IN RIVER
CHANNEL EFFICIENCY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE SUBSTANTIVE RELIEF.



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1057 AM CST MON FEB 6 2012

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
  THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR WILLISTON
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 10:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY .
* IMPACT...AT 22.0 FEET...LOW-LYING FARMLAND FLOODS. CITY OF WILLISTON
  DOES NOT FLOOD.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 21.2 FEET
  ON JUN 26 2009.

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             FLD  OBSERVED       FORECASTS (7AM)
LOCATION     STG  STG DAY/TIME   TUE    WED    THU    FRI    SAT

MISSOURI RIVER BASIN
 WILLISTON    22 22.5 MON 10 AM  22.3   22.2   22.1   22.2   22.1

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