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Weather Forecast Office Eastern North Dakota/Grand Forks, ND North Central River Forecast Center

This probabilistic forecast is issued by the North Central River Forecast Center.
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Forest River at Minto Exceedance Forecast Graph Legend Forest River at Minto Exceedance Forecast Graph
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Forecasts for the Forest River at Minto are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:11
Moderate Flood Stage:8
Flood Stage:6
Action Stage:4.5

Historical Crests
(1) 11.80 ft on 04/19/1948
(2) 11.80 ft on 04/18/1950
(3) 9.27 ft on 03/29/2004
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Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.
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11 Major Flood Stage.
10.4 Bridge with wire-weight gage upstream from gage house floods.
8 Moderate Flood Stage. River may bypass Minto to the south and flow into Lake Ardock. Urban flooding starts.
7.5 Old Hwy 81 is underwater.
6 Flood Warning Stage...minor. Left bank flooding. Bankfull Stage.
4.5 Forecast Service Stage.
4 Right bank flooding.

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