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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
1240 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

TO:         FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ SUBSCRIBERS...
            NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/SUBSCRIBERS...
            EMERGENCY MANAGERS...WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
            /EMWIN/SUBSCRIBERS...NOAAPORT SUBSCRIBERS...
            OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/NWS/ CUSTOMERS
            AND PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES


SUBJECT:    NEW ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION AND FLOOD FORECAST
            SERVICES FOR THE SNAKE RIVER ABOVE WARREN, MN

ON MONDAY...MARCH 16 2009...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)
...EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN GRAND
FORKS...WILL BEGIN PROVIDING ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION AND
FLOOD FORECAST SERVICES FOR A NEW NWS FORECAST POINT ON THE SNAKE
RIVER ABOVE WARREN, MN (USGS GAGE NO. 05085450...NWSLI MKLM5). 

THE NEW LOCATION IS 10 MILES UPSTREAM OF THE OLD WARREN GAGE LOCATION
...ON THE MARSHALL CSAH #34 (MORKASSEL) BRIDGE...AND IS UPSTREAM OF
THE INLET TO THE WARREN DIVERSION. THE NEW (MKLM5) FORECAST POINT
REPLACES THE OLD WARREN, MN (WARM5) FORECAST POINT. 

THE NWS WILL ISSUE FLOOD WARNINGS AND FOLLOW-UP FLOOD STATEMENTS
WHEN THE FLOW AT THE MKLM5 GAGE LOCATION IS AT...OR FORECAST TO
BE...OR EXCEED...700 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND (CFS). THIS ROUGHLY
CORRESPONDS TO THE OLD (MINOR) FLOOD STAGE OF 845 FEET. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT US AT (701) 772-0720.

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