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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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
853 AM MST MON FEB 6 2012

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SOUTHERN BIG HORN-NORTHERN BIG HORN-
853 AM MST MON FEB 6 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MONTANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL IMPACT INTERSTATE 90 FROM THE HARDIN AREA
SOUTH TO THE WYOMING STATE LINE THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS IN THIS
AREA SHOULD USE CAUTION AS ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THIS
MORNING DUE TO SLICK ROADS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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