Niagara, North Dakota

The Flood Warning continues for
the Red River at East Grand Forks.
* At 9:30 am Sunday the stage was 45.8 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and for the next 7 days... major
flooding is forecast.
* Major flood stage is 46.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 46.5 feet by
Tuesday morning.
* Impact statement(s) - at 47.0 feet, begin Railroad closure if water
is expected to rise to over 50 feet.


Daily 7 am CDT/6 am CST forecast stage in feet:

date Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat sun
(month/day) 03/22 03/23 03/24 03/25 03/26 03/27 03/28

Red River
East Grand Forks 46.2 46.5 46.3 45.9 45.3 44.7 44.0

1101 am CDT sun Mar 21 2010

The Flood Warning continues for
the Red River at Oslo.
* At 10:15 am Sunday the stage was 37.5 feet.
* Major flooding is occurring and for the next 7 days... major
flooding is forecast.
* Major flood stage is 36.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising with a broad crest near 38
feet by Wednesday.
* Ice jams are present in the Oslo area and may cause some local
fluctuation in water level.
* Impact statement(s) - at 37.5 feet, State Highway 1 overtops (mn
dot).


Daily 7 am CDT/6 am CST forecast stage in feet:

date Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat sun
(month/day) 03/22 03/23 03/24 03/25 03/26 03/27 03/28

Red River
Oslo 37.7 37.8 38.0 37.9 37.8 37.7 37.5

236 PM CDT Sat Mar 20 2010

... The Flood Warning remains in effect until noon CDT Monday for
western Polk... western Marshall... Clay... Kittson and Norman counties
in northwest Minnesota... and Wilkin County in west central
Minnesota... and eastern Walsh... Pembina and Grand Forks counties in
northeast North Dakota... and Cass... Barnes... Traill... Steele...
Griggs... Sargent... Richland and Ransom counties in southeast North
Dakota...

Local officials continue to report water over topping roadways in
low lying areas resulting from snowmelt and ice jams. In Cass
County... emergency management relayed information regarding numerous
flooded roads as the swollen Sheyenne has broken out in many places
creating overland flooding. This flooding is still prevalent along
ditches... streams and tributaries... especially farther north... where
numerous roads have been closed. The Route 17 bridge east of Grafton
spanning the Red River is closed... as is ND 54 between I-29 and Oslo
Minnesota. ND 200 at mile marker 402 near Hillsboro is closed due to
flooding. Numerous County and township roads and bridges have water
running over them or are completely washed out. Persons should be
aware of water over other roads across all of these counties... with
the probability of additional Road flooding as water continues to
flow.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Turn around dont drown. Avoid driving on flooded roads. Most flood
related deaths occur in automobiles.


Lat... Lon 4898 9644 4819 9642 4819 9653 4749 9653
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      4595 9800 4630 9800 4630 9803 4664 9803
      4664 9841 4734 9844 4734 9849 4766 9850
      4766 9785 4898 9790


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