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PROBABILISTIC HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
446 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2025  
   
..DEVILS LAKE OUTLOOK FOR FLOOD POTENTIAL
 
 
DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES  
LONG-RANGE PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDES LONG-RANGE PROBABILISTIC  
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOKS FOR DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES BETWEEN JANUARY  
AND SEPTEMBER. THEY WILL NOT BE PROVIDED BETWEEN OCTOBER AND  
DECEMBER. DEPENDING ON THE SEASON, THE HIGH OR LOW WATER  
PROBABILITIES MAY BE OMITTED DUE TO THEIR APPLICABILITY TO  
THE HYDROLOGIC SITUATION.  
   
OUTLOOK SUMMARY
 
 
NOTE: THIS OUTLOOK INCORPORATES A DAILY AVERAGE OF 350 CFS WORTH OF  
PUMPING OPERATIONS ON DEVILS LAKE FROM MAY 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 30TH.  
 
SUMMER PRECIPITATION THUS FAR (JUNE 1-CURRENT) REMAINS BELOW  
AVERAGE...DRIEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN BASIN (2 TO 3 INCHES BELOW  
NORMAL) WHILE AN INCH OR SO BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH. DUE TO  
THE PRECIPITATION DEFICIT THROUGHOUT THE FIRST HALF OF THE SUMMER,  
MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS (D1) ARE NOW DEPICTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN  
HALF OF THE BASIN WITH ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) CONDITIONS ACROSS THE  
SOUTH.  
 
CLIMATE OUTLOOKS AT THIS TIME INDICATE ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION  
THROUGH THE END OF JULY AND FIRST HALF OF AUGUST ACROSS THE NORTHERN  
PLAINS. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF ANY PRECIPITATION RECEIVED WILL BE  
ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ANY RELIEF FROM THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE  
AREA.  
 
TODAY'S ISSUANCE OF EXCEEDANCE NUMBERS WILL BE THE LAST FOR THE  
SEASON AND WILL RESUME IN JANUARY 2026. THE NEXT SET OF NON-  
EXCEEDANCE NUMBERS OF THE SEASON WILL BE ISSUED ON THURSDAY, AUGUST  
28, 2025.  
 
   
CHANCES OF DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES RISING ABOVE GIVEN LAKE LEVELS
 
 
THE PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDING A GIVEN LAKE LEVEL IS THE PERCENTAGE  
OF MAXIMUM LAKE LEVEL RISES THAT ARE ABOVE THAT LEVEL FOR ALL THE  
YEARS (1949-2019) THAT WERE RUN THROUGH THE MODEL USING THE  
PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES FOR THOSE YEARS DURING THE VALID  
PERIOD OF THE OUTLOOK.  
 
INTERPRETATION AID: THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE THAT DEVILS  
LAKE WILL RISE ABOVE 49.1 FEET DURING THE VALID PERIOD AND  
A 5 PERCENT CHANCE THAT IT WILL RISE ABOVE 49.2 FEET.  
 
NOTE: THE CURRENT GAGE ZERO DATUM OF THE DEVILS LAKE AT CREEL BAY  
GAGE IS 1401.33 FEET NAVD88 OR 1400.00 FEET NGVD29. THE GAGE ZERO  
DATUM OF THE STUMP LAKE AT EAST STUMP LAKE GAGE IS 1401.21 FEET  
NAVD88 OR 1400.00 FEET NGVD29.  
 
PROBABILITIES FOR EXCEEDING LISTED LAKE LEVELS  
 
FROM JULY 21, 2025 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2025  
 
LOCATION 95% 90% 75% 50% 25% 10% 05%  
-------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------  
DEVILS LAKE.....  
CREEL BAY 49.1 49.1 49.1 49.1 49.1 49.1 49.2  
STUMP LAKE.....  
EAST STUMP LAKE 49.1 49.1 49.1 49.1 49.1 49.1 49.2  
 
   
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH LAKE LEVELS
 
 
* THE CURRENT HEIGHT OF DEVILS LAKE IS 1449.0 FEET NGVD29.  
* THE CURRENT HEIGHT OF STUMP LAKE IS 1449.0 FEET NGVD29.  
 
* USGS DAILY AVERAGE HEIGHT RECORDS FOR DEVILS LAKE AT THE CREEL  
BAY GAGE:  
...1454.30 FEET ON JUNE 27, 2011  
...1452.05 FEET ON JUNE 27, 2010  
...1450.93 FEET ON JUNE 27, 2009  
...1449.20 FEET ON MAY 9, 2006  
...1449.18 FEET ON JUNE 17, 2004  
...1449.17 FEET ON AUGUST 2, 2005  
NOTE: ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS ARE RECORDED IN NGVD29.  
 
   
CHANCES OF DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES FALLING BELOW GIVEN LAKE LEVELS
 
 
THE PROBABILITY OF NOT EXCEEDING A GIVEN LAKE LEVEL IS THE  
PERCENTAGE OF LAKE LEVEL FALLS THAT ARE BELOW THAT LEVEL FOR  
ALL THE YEARS (1949-2019) THAT WERE RUN THROUGH THE MODEL USING  
THE PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES FOR THOSE YEARS DURING THE  
VALID PERIOD OF THE OUTLOOK.  
 
INTERPRETATION AID: THERE IS A 50 PERCENT CHANCE THAT DEVILS  
LAKE WILL FALL BELOW 47.8 FEET DURING THE VALID PERIOD AND  
A 5 PERCENT CHANCE THAT IT WILL FALL BELOW 47.5 FEET.  
 
PROBABILITIES FOR FALLING BELOW LISTED LAKE LEVELS  
 
FROM SEPTEMBER 01, 2025 TO NOVEMBER 30, 2025  
 
LOCATION 95% 90% 75% 50% 25% 10% 05%  
-------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------  
DEVILS LAKE.....  
CREEL BAY 48.2 48.1 47.9 47.8 47.6 47.5 47.5  
STUMP LAKE.....  
EAST STUMP LAKE 48.2 48.1 47.9 47.8 47.6 47.5 47.5  
 
THE NON-EXCEEDANCE VALUE FOR A LISTED PERCENTAGE IS THE VALUE  
WHERE THAT PERCENTAGE OF ALL MODEL CASES RUN WERE BELOW THAT  
LAKE LEVEL FOR THE SPECIFIED VALID PERIOD OF THE OUTLOOK.  
   
OUTLOOK SCHEDULE
 
 
- BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY, ONLY THE HIGH WATER EXCEEDANCES WILL BE  
PROVIDED WITH VALID PERIODS ENDING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.  
 
- SPECIAL SPRING FLOOD AND WATER RESOURCES OUTLOOKS WILL BE ISSUED  
FROM MID-FEBRUARY THROUGH MID-MARCH.  
 
- FOR JUNE AND JULY, BOTH HIGH-WATER AND LOW-WATER EXCEEDANCES WILL  
BE PROVIDED.  
 
- FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, ONLY THE LOW-WATER EXCEEDANCES WILL BE  
PROVIDED WITH VALID PERIODS ENDING AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.  
 
- NO PROBABILITY INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED FROM OCTOBER THROUGH  
DECEMBER.  
   
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
 
THESE LAKE LEVEL PROBABILITIES CAN BE USED FOR RISK MANAGEMENT AS AN  
INDICATION OF THE RANGE OF LAKE LEVELS THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE DURING  
THE VALID PERIOD OF THE OUTLOOK. HOWEVER, NOTE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE  
THAT LAKE LEVELS MAY STILL REACH ABOVE/FALL BELOW THE 95TH AND 5TH  
PERCENTILE VALUES.  
 
THIS OUTLOOK IS ALSO PRESENTED AS GRAPHS OF THE POTENTIAL LAKE  
LEVELS FOR THE FULL OUTLOOK PERIOD AS WELL AS WEEKLY PROBABILITIES.  
THESE GRAPHICS, AND EXPLANATIONS THAT HELP IN INTERPRETING THEM,  
CAN BE FOUND ON THE NWS GRAND FORKS NWPS WEB PAGE BY CLICKING ON  
"RIVERS AND LAKES" ABOVE THE MAP AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FGF.  
 
WIND AND WAVE FORECASTS FOR DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES ARE AVAILABLE FOR  
A 7-DAY PERIOD WHEN THE LAKES ARE SUFFICIENTLY ICE-FREE AT  
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FGF/LAKE_INFO.  
 
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE NWS AT 701-772-0720.  
 
YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NWSGRANDFORKS  
AND ON X AT @NWSGRANDFORKS.  
 

 
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