625  
FGUS63 KMSR 271258  
ESGSRS  
 
SOURIS RIVER BASIN  
LONG-RANGE PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  
NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
757 AM CDT WED MAR 27 2024  
 
IN TABLE 1 BELOW...THE CURRENT (CS) AND HISTORICAL (HS) OR NORMAL  
PROBABILITIES OF EXCEEDING MINOR...MODERATE...AND MAJOR FLOOD STAGES  
ARE LISTED FOR THE VALID TIME PERIOD.  
 
CS VALUES INDICATE THE PROBABILITY OF REACHING A FLOOD CATEGORY  
BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS.  
 
HS VALUES INDICATE THE PROBABILITY OF REACHING A FLOOD CATEGORY  
BASED ON HISTORICAL OR NORMAL CONDITIONS.  
 
WHEN THE VALUE OF CS IS MORE THAN HS...THE PROBABILITY OF  
EXCEEDING THAT LEVEL IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL. WHEN THE VALUE OF CS IS  
LESS THAN HS...THE PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDING THAT LEVEL IS LOWER  
THAN NORMAL.  
 
:...TABLE 1--PROBABILITIES FOR MINOR...MODERATE AND MAJOR FLOODING...  
VALID PERIOD: 04/01/2024 - 06/30/2024  
 
: CURRENT AND HISTORICAL CHANCES  
: OF EXCEEDING FLOOD CATEGORIES  
: AS A PERCENTAGE(%)  
CATEGORICAL :  
FLOOD STAGES (FT) : MINOR MODERATE MAJOR  
LOCATION MINOR MOD MAJOR : CS HS CS HS CS HS  
-------- ----- ----- ----- : ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----  
:DES LACS RIVER  
DESN8 1651.0 1653.0 1654.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5  
:SOURIS RIVER  
SHWN8 1623.0 1625.0 1630.0 <5 12 <5 5 <5 <5  
FOXN8 1573.0 1576.0 1578.0 10 35 <5 16 <5 <5  
MINN8 1562.0 1565.0 1570.0 6 16 <5 6 <5 <5  
MION8 1551.0 1553.0 1557.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5  
LGNN8 1536.0 1538.0 1540.0 7 19 <5 <5 <5 <5  
SWRN8 1524.0 1526.0 1528.0 <5 7 <5 <5 <5 <5  
VLVN8 1507.0 1512.0 1517.0 5 17 <5 <5 <5 <5  
:WINTERING RIVER  
KLSN8 1509.0 1511.0 1512.0 11 16 <5 <5 <5 <5  
:SOURIS RIVER  
TOWN8 1454.0 1456.0 1458.0 39 61 13 26 <5 <5  
BANN8 1440.0 1441.0 1443.0 39 62 23 41 <5 8  
:WILLOW CREEK  
WLCN8 1442.0 1446.0 1448.0 27 48 6 20 <5 <5  
:SOURIS RIVER  
WSTN8 1414.0 1418.0 1420.0 19 52 <5 22 <5 17  
 
LEGEND  
CS = CONDITIONAL SIMULATION (CURRENT OUTLOOK)  
HS = HISTORICAL SIMULATION  
FT = FEET  
 
IN TABLE 2 BELOW...THE 95 THROUGH 5 PERCENT COLUMNS INDICATE THE PROBABILITY  
OF EXCEEDING THE LISTED STAGE LEVELS (FT) FOR THE VALID TIME PERIOD.  
 
:...TABLE 2--EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITIES...  
 
.B MSR 0401 Z DH12 /DC2403271257/DVD90/HGVFZXT/HGVFZX9/HGVFZXH  
.B1 /HGVFZX5/HGVFZXG/HGVFZX1/HGVFZXF  
:  
: CHANCE OF EXCEEDING STAGES (FT) AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS  
: VALID PERIOD: 04/01/2024 - 06/30/2024  
:  
: 95% 90% 75% 50% 25% 10% 5%  
: --- --- --- --- --- --- ---  
:DES LACS RIVER  
DESN8 1639.3/ 1639.4/ 1640.7/ 1641.8/ 1643.3/ 1644.6/ 1646.2  
:SOURIS RIVER  
SHWN8 1608.9/ 1609.2/ 1610.1/ 1611.9/ 1614.8/ 1618.8/ 1620.3  
FOXN8 1571.0/ 1571.0/ 1571.0/ 1571.0/ 1571.0/ 1573.1/ 1576.0  
MINN8 1554.1/ 1554.1/ 1554.1/ 1554.3/ 1555.2/ 1556.6/ 1562.8  
MION8 1542.8/ 1542.8/ 1542.9/ 1543.0/ 1543.5/ 1544.1/ 1547.1  
LGNN8 1526.6/ 1526.6/ 1526.7/ 1527.1/ 1528.6/ 1533.1/ 1537.1  
SWRN8 1512.1/ 1512.1/ 1512.2/ 1512.8/ 1514.5/ 1521.1/ 1523.0  
VLVN8 1496.1/ 1496.1/ 1496.2/ 1496.7/ 1499.0/ 1505.8/ 1507.5  
:WINTERING RIVER  
KLSN8 1503.7/ 1503.7/ 1504.3/ 1506.0/ 1507.8/ 1509.0/ 1509.3  
:SOURIS RIVER  
TOWN8 1452.3/ 1452.3/ 1452.6/ 1453.4/ 1454.9/ 1456.1/ 1456.7  
BANN8 1437.8/ 1437.9/ 1438.2/ 1439.3/ 1440.8/ 1441.8/ 1442.3  
:WILLOW CREEK  
WLCN8 1437.2/ 1437.2/ 1437.2/ 1438.2/ 1442.7/ 1444.7/ 1446.6  
:SOURIS RIVER  
WSTN8 1411.4/ 1411.4/ 1411.5/ 1412.1/ 1413.0/ 1415.7/ 1417.3  
.END  
 
IN TABLE 3 BELOW...THE 95 THROUGH 5 PERCENT COLUMNS INDICATE THE PROBABILITY  
OF FALLING BELOW THE LISTED STAGE LEVELS (FT) FOR THE VALID TIME PERIOD.  
 
:...TABLE 3--NONEXCEEDANCE PROBABILITIES...  
 
.B MSR 0401 Z DH12 /DC2403271257/DVD90/HGVFZNT/HGVFZN9/HGVFZNH  
.B1 /HGVFZN5/HGVFZNG/HGVFZN1/HGVFZNF  
:  
: CHANCE OF FALLING BELOW STAGES (FT) AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS  
: VALID PERIOD: 04/01/2024 - 06/30/2024  
:  
: 95% 90% 75% 50% 25% 10% 5%  
: --- --- --- --- --- --- ---  
:DES LACS RIVER  
DESN8 1639.5/ 1639.3/ 1639.3/ 1639.2/ 1638.9/ 1638.8/ 1638.7  
:SOURIS RIVER  
SHWN8 1606.8/ 1606.5/ 1606.3/ 1606.1/ 1605.8/ 1605.8/ 1605.8  
FOXN8 1566.5/ 1566.5/ 1566.5/ 1566.5/ 1566.5/ 1566.5/ 1566.5  
MINN8 1551.3/ 1551.2/ 1551.0/ 1550.9/ 1550.8/ 1550.6/ 1550.6  
MION8 1541.5/ 1541.5/ 1541.4/ 1541.3/ 1541.2/ 1541.1/ 1541.1  
LGNN8 1521.9/ 1521.1/ 1520.2/ 1520.1/ 1520.0/ 1519.8/ 1519.8  
SWRN8 1508.5/ 1507.9/ 1507.6/ 1507.1/ 1506.7/ 1506.6/ 1506.6  
VLVN8 1492.3/ 1491.7/ 1491.2/ 1490.5/ 1490.2/ 1490.2/ 1490.2  
:WINTERING RIVER  
KLSN8 1503.6/ 1503.6/ 1503.5/ 1503.0/ 1503.0/ 1503.0/ 1503.0  
:SOURIS RIVER  
TOWN8 1448.0/ 1446.7/ 1446.1/ 1445.3/ 1445.0/ 1444.7/ 1444.7  
BANN8 1433.5/ 1432.4/ 1431.9/ 1431.1/ 1430.9/ 1430.7/ 1430.7  
:WILLOW CREEK  
WLCN8 1437.0/ 1436.9/ 1436.7/ 1436.1/ 1436.1/ 1436.1/ 1436.1  
:SOURIS RIVER  
WSTN8 1410.4/ 1410.3/ 1410.3/ 1409.9/ 1409.6/ 1409.5/ 1409.4  
.END  
 
:LONG-RANGE PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOKS ARE ISSUED NEAR THE END OF  
:THE MONTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.  
 

 
 
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