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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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Red River of the North at Wahpeton Probabalistic Stage Forecast Graph
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NOTE: Gauge reading affected by reservoir operations.

Forecasts for the Red River of the North at Wahpeton 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:14
Moderate Flood Stage:12
Flood Stage:10
Action Stage:8.5

Historical Crests
(1) 19.42 ft on 04/06/1997
(2) 17.95 ft on 04/05/1989
(3) 17.50 ft on 03/24/2009
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Low Water Records
(1) 0.00 ft on 08/29/1976
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22.5 Top of the permanent dike.
18 Close dike openings at Minnesota St (MN) and Dakota St (ND).Close dike openings at RR bridge...have to remove RR tracks to do this.
17.5 City mobilizes as patrolling of levees and storm sewer outlets begin.
16 Wells Park floods. Flooding of a portion of the sanitary sewer system begins.
15 Main St (Breck) clossed.
14 Major Flood Stage. Wahpeton storm sewer outlets closed.
13.5 Breckenridge...North Main Street and Bridge are closed.
13 Start to put-up Flood Wall if river forecast to go above 15 feet (Breck).
12 Moderate Flood Stage...Bankfull Stage.Breckenridge...Storm sewer valves are closed and interior pumping begins.
11.6 Otter Tail River water starts to flow into the Breckenridge Diversion.Water on Main St (Breck).
10 Flood Warning Stage...minor.
8.5 Forecast Service Stage.
8 Ottertail River starts to overflow downstream of Highway 75 bridge.This breakout flow will enter the Red River 600 feet downstream of the gage.As stage rises...water fans out and floods the entire east side of bottom lands.Some water enters the Red near the cableway.
7 Close Storm Sewer Outfalls.

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