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FGUS73 KBIS 272005
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PROBABILISTIC HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
305 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2019
..FLOOD AND WATER RESOURCES OUTLOOK
THIS PROBABILITY BASED FLOOD AND WATER RESOURCES OUTLOOK IS FOR THE
SOURIS (MOUSE) RIVER BASIN OF NORTH DAKOTA AND COVERS THE PERIOD OF
LATE JUNE THROUGH LATE SEPTEMBER. THESE ROUTINE OUTLOOKS ARE ISSUED
EVERY MONTH, ON OR AROUND THE FOURTH THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE HAS FOUR SECTIONS. THE FIRST PROVIDES SOME TEXT
ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS OUTLOOK AND CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE LOCAL
HYDROLOGY. THE SECOND SECTION GIVES THE CURRENT AND NORMAL/HISTORICAL
RISKS OF FLOODING AS DETERMINED BY THE ENSEMBLE STREAMFLOW FORECAST
MODEL OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE THIRD SECTION GIVES THE
CURRENT PROBABILITIES FOR REACHING FLOOD STAGE AT THE LISTED FORECAST
LOCATIONS. AND FINALLY, THE FOURTH SECTION COVERS THE RISK OF THE
RIVER SITES FALLING BELOW THE LISTED STAGES.
..FLOOD OUTLOOK HIGHLIGHTS
FLOOD RISK ACROSS THE SOURIS RIVER BASIN IS LOW, EVEN WHEN
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. RAIN HAS BEEN IN SHORT ENOUGH SUPPLY THIS YEAR
TO WHERE DROUGHT HAS BEEN MORE OF AN ISSUE IN THE SOURIS RIVER BASIN
THAN FLOODING.
..CURRENT CONDITIONS
LAKE DARLING, RAFFERTY RESERVOIR, AND GRANT DEVINE (FORMERLY
KNOWN AS ALAMEDA RESERVOIR) ARE WELL WITHIN THEIR NORMAL RANGES
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS HAD BEEN BELOW NORMAL
TO WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR MOST OF LATE SPRING, BUT RECENT RAINS HAVE
LIKELY IMPROVED THIS TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.
..WEATHER OUTLOOK
THE NEAR TERM 6-10 WEATHER OUTLOOKS DEPICT A HIGH PROBABILITY OF
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION. THIS TRANSITIONS INTO
A NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURE PATTERN AND RETAINS THE ABOVE NORMAL
CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION FOR THE 8-14 DAY OUTLOOKS. LOOKING
FARTHER INTO THE FUTURE, THE ONE-MONTH OUTLOOK FOR JULY PUTS THE
SOUTHERN SOURIS RIVER BASIN IN AN EQUAL CHANCE DESIGNATION FOR BELOW
NORMAL, NEAR NORMAL, OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION.
AND LASTLY, THE THREE-MONTH OUTLOOKS REFLECTS A SLIGHTLY GREATER
THAN NORMAL CHANCE FOR HIGHER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND AN EQUAL
CHANCE FOR ABOVE NORMAL, NEAR NORMAL, AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
..IMPORTANT NOTE ON SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES
BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST OF 2016, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONVERTED
ALL RIVER GAGE DATA IN THE SOURIS RIVER BASIN OF NORTH DAKOTA TO FEET
ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL USING THE NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988.
THIS INCLUDED RAISES IN FLOOD STAGE DEFINITIONS BY UP TO ONE FOOT AT
INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH WHOLE NUMBERS.
MORE INFORMATION ON THIS CAN BE HAD BY CONTACTING SERVICE HYDROLOGIST
ALLEN SCHLAG AT 701-250-4495.
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 OF THE MODEL
PREDICTING A RISE TO 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: 07/01/2019 - 09/29/2019
: 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
FOXHOLM 1651.0 1653.0 1654.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
SOURIS RIVER
SHERWOOD 1623.0 1625.0 1630.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
FOXHOLM 1573.0 1576.0 1578.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
MINOT 4NW 1562.0 1565.0 1570.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
MINOT BRWY BRDG 1551.0 1553.0 1557.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
LOGAN 1536.0 1538.0 1540.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
SAWYER 1524.0 1526.0 1528.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
VELVA 1507.0 1512.0 1517.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
WINTERING RIVER
KARLSRUHE 1509.0 1511.0 1512.0 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
SOURIS RIVER
TOWNER 1454.0 1456.0 1458.0 <5 10 <5 <5 <5 <5
BANTRY 1440.0 1441.0 1443.0 <5 10 <5 <5 <5 <5
WILLOW CREEK
WILLOW CITY 1442.0 1446.0 1448.0 5 8 <5 <5 <5 <5
SOURIS RIVER
WESTHOPE 1414.0 1418.0 1420.0 <5 9 <5 <5 <5 <5
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
CHANCE OF EXCEEDING STAGES
AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
VALID PERIOD: 07/01/2019 - 09/29/2019
LOCATION 95% 90% 75% 50% 25% 10% 5%
-------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
:DES LACS RIVER
FOXHOLM 1639.5 1639.5 1639.5 1639.6 1640.5 1641.1 1642.3
:SOURIS RIVER
SHERWOOD 1605.5 1605.5 1606.7 1607.6 1609.5 1611.3 1614.5
FOXHOLM 1566.5 1566.5 1566.5 1566.5 1566.5 1568.9 1571.1
MINOT 4NW 1551.0 1551.0 1551.0 1551.0 1551.5 1552.6 1554.2
MINOT BRWY BRDG 1537.9 1537.9 1537.9 1538.5 1540.7 1542.5 1543.1
LOGAN 1520.0 1520.0 1520.0 1520.2 1522.2 1524.8 1526.5
SAWYER 1506.7 1506.7 1506.8 1507.5 1508.8 1510.8 1512.0
VELVA 1490.2 1490.2 1490.2 1491.6 1492.4 1494.0 1496.0
:WINTERING RIVER
KARLSRUHE 1502.8 1502.8 1502.8 1503.5 1504.1 1504.9 1505.0
:SOURIS RIVER
TOWNER 1444.5 1444.5 1444.5 1445.6 1446.5 1449.3 1451.8
BANTRY 1430.9 1430.9 1430.9 1431.6 1432.5 1434.5 1437.1
:WILLOW CREEK
WILLOW CITY 1436.5 1436.5 1436.5 1436.5 1436.9 1438.0 1442.2
:SOURIS RIVER
WESTHOPE 1409.7 1409.7 1409.7 1409.9 1410.5 1411.9 1412.5
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
CHANCE OF FALLING BELOW STAGES
AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
VALID PERIOD: 07/01/2019 - 09/29/2019
LOCATION 95% 90% 75% 50% 25% 10% 5%
-------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
DES LACS RIVER
FOXHOLM 1639.2 1639.2 1639.2 1639.1 1639.0 1639.0 1639.0
SOURIS RIVER
SHERWOOD 1605.5 1605.5 1605.5 1605.5 1605.5 1605.5 1605.5
FOXHOLM 1566.5 1566.5 1566.5 1566.5 1566.5 1566.5 1566.5
MINOT 4NW 1550.9 1550.9 1550.9 1550.8 1550.7 1550.7 1550.7
MINOT BRWY BRDG 1537.5 1537.3 1537.1 1536.9 1536.6 1536.6 1536.6
LOGAN 1520.0 1519.9 1519.9 1519.8 1519.8 1519.8 1519.8
SAWYER 1506.7 1506.7 1506.6 1506.6 1506.6 1506.6 1506.6
VELVA 1490.2 1490.2 1490.2 1490.2 1490.2 1490.2 1490.2
WINTERING RIVER
KARLSRUHE 1502.8 1502.8 1502.8 1502.8 1502.8 1502.8 1502.8
SOURIS RIVER
TOWNER 1444.4 1444.4 1444.4 1444.4 1444.4 1444.4 1444.4
BANTRY 1430.5 1430.5 1430.4 1430.4 1430.4 1430.4 1430.4
WILLOW CREEK
WILLOW CITY 1436.0 1435.5 1435.5 1435.5 1435.5 1435.5 1435.5
SOURIS RIVER
WESTHOPE 1409.2 1409.2 1409.2 1409.2 1409.2 1409.2 1409.2
THESE LONG-RANGE PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOKS CONTAIN FORECAST VALUES THAT
ARE CALCULATED USING HISTORICAL CONDITIONS FROM 30 OR MORE YEARS OF
CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA, AND CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE RIVER, SOIL
MOISTURE, SNOW COVER, AND 30 TO 90 DAY LONG-RANGE OUTLOOKS OF
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION. BY PROVIDING A RANGE OF
PROBABILITIES, THE LEVEL OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH LONG-RANGE PLANNING
DECISIONS CAN BE DETERMINED. THESE PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS ARE PART
OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE'S ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION
SERVICE.
VISIT OUR WEB SITE WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR MORE WEATHER AND WATER
INFORMATION.
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