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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR OVERLAND AND SMALL STREAMS… IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON…
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Including the cities of Bismarck, Steele, Tappen, Jamestown,
Linton, Strasburg, Napoleon, Gackle, Lamoure, Edgeley, Kulm,
Wishek, Ashley, Oakes, and Ellendale
.Warmer temperatures will increase runoff from snowmelt over the
coming days. Overland flooding and high water along small streams
should increasingly be expected with each passing day. Eventually
this runoff will collect in streams such as, Apple Creek in
Burleigh County, and Beaver Creek in Emmons County. Farther east
including Stutsman, LaMoure, and Dickey Counties, tributaries of
the James and Maple Rivers are also expected to see increased
flow and overland flooding.
Be prepared for the potential of overland flooding and over-
topping of township and county roads.
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Forecast…
.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 20s. North
winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows
15 to 20. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
and snow in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows
in the mid 20s.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of snow possibly
mixed with rain in the morning. Highs in the upper 30s.
Thursday night through Wednesday, below average temperatures return to the region.
Showers of rain or wet snow will be possible Fri afternoon,followed by a reinforcing shot of cold Friday night.
The snow melt scenario will still be slow if not thwarted for a time by the cold.
The lowest daytime temperatures, with highs about freezing, should occur on
Saturday with temperatures in the 30s to low 40s during the day.
Overnight lows will be consistently below freezing.
A true warm up is quite possible starting about the second week of April.
Update…
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown University of Jamestown Marketing students, in cooperation with the Friends of the James River Valley Library, have established an eight question survey.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Bill Kennedy of Kennedy Consulting, ND said the survey seeks information about community perceptions toward the role of the library in the future.
He pointed out that even in today’s world of internet and other “E” access a number of individuals still enjoy reading books, pointing out that students reading the printed word in documents, are better able to retain the information.
He said three UJ Marketing students, and instructor put together the survey and arranged with the library to make the survey available on line, available until April 1.
Click on the link below and take a few minutes to share your thoughts.
By completing this survey, you will have a random chance to win one of three $25 Amazon gift cards.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Public Schools invites the public to a special exhibit, “Hidden in Plain Sight,” in order to show parents how to spot “red flags,” concerning possible signs of their child’s involvement in substance abuse.
The exhibit will be on March 28, from 6:30-p.m., to 8-p.m., at the Valley City High School theater.
Valley City Public School’s, Resource Officer Sean Hagen points out that the exhibit is a walk through mock bedroom that shows parents how they can spot “red flags” that recognize signs of substance use.
Following the program, there will be a question and answer session moderated by Hagen, along with Valley City Police Chief Phil Hatcher, plus Valley City Public School District Administrators.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Public Schools has submitted to North Dakota Governor, Doug Burgum’s Office, and the State Department of Public Instruction, a school closure waiver application for when school was not in session for two days, due to snow storms, this school year.
Superintendent Josh Johnson says the school was not in session for that reason, on February 7 and March 14, 2019. If the waiver is granted, Valley City Public Schools, will not be required to make up the days, before the end of this school year.
If the waiver is NOT granted for one or both days, Valley City Public Schools has come up with a plan, to schedule make up days:
Monday, April 22, a full school day.
May 6-17 extending the school day to equal one full school day.
In other school news, the school district will have the third and final Early Dismissal Professional Development Day this school year on Wednesday, April 3. Teachers, administrators, and support staff will receive required training that day for the use of CPR and AED’s.
Teachers and principals will also participate in a Technology Ed Camp for the remaining portion of the day.
The school district reports that it is continuing to implement the BridgED Technology Plan at and Professional Development for teachers and administrators in the use of technology that is important for a continued successful implementation.
Over the past two years, Valley City Public Schools, has submitted and has been approved for an instructional waiver with the Department of Public Instruction to implement three early dismissal Professional Development days into the district calendar. These approved hours (nine total) of professional development can not be substituted for storm make-up.
Without the use of the earlier dismissal days, the school district would not be able to meet its professional development and training requirements.
Any questions can be directed to Valley City Public Schools.
BISMARCK, N.D. (March 27, 2019) – Gov. Doug Burgum Wednesday declared a statewide flood emergency in preparation for the threat of significant spring flooding across North Dakota, as state agencies gathered to begin coordinating their response and resources. The governor also toured flood-affected areas in western McKenzie County, hearing heartbreaking stories from residents displaced by the flooding Yellowstone River.
In an executive order declaring the emergency, Burgum cited flood outlooks from the National Weather Service indicating the potential for significant river, tributary and overland flooding in the Red River and Devils Lake basins, and high water in the southern James River basin. The combination of deep frost depth and above-normal moisture from snow and fall rains have increased the risk of flooding because saturated and frozen soils won’t be able to absorb snowmelt, compounding the risk of runoff, the order states.
“All signs point to a high potential for significant floods that could overwhelm local response capabilities across the state, and the devastating flooding we saw today along the Yellowstone River shows just how quickly these situations can arise,” Burgum said. “This emergency declaration is an essential step in making sure that state personnel and equipment are available and ready to respond when significant flooding threatens the safety of people and property, and toward pursuing a federal disaster declaration that could bring additional assistance to local residents and political subdivisions.”
More than 50 homes have taken on water and 110 residents have been displaced by flooding near the North Dakota-Montana border, where lengthy ice jams have backed up the Yellowstone River. A submerged section of Highway 200 between Cartwright, N.D., and Fairview, Mont., remained closed Wednesday.
During a meeting with displaced residents at the Fairview Fire Hall, homeowners described the devastation to their property and disruption to their lives caused by the unexpected flooding.
Jack and Jackie Damm, who live one mile south of Highway 200 and one mile west of the river, said their farmstead, which hasn’t experienced flooding in the 70 years it’s been in their family, is now under 4 to 5 feet of water, and like many families in the area they don’t have flood insurance.
“We’ve never flooded before,” Jack Damm said. “It came up so quick. We had about three hours to get out what we could.”
Among those joining Burgum on a tour of inundated areas were the state’s adjutant general, North Dakota National Guard Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann; District 39 state Sen. Dale Patten and Rep. Keith Kempenich; McKenzie County Commission Chairman Tom McCabe; and County Emergency Manager Karolin Jappe.
Burgum has activated the North Dakota State Emergency Operations Plan and directed all state agencies, including the North Dakota National Guard, to maintain high readiness levels with flood response resources.
The State Flood Unified Command held its first meeting with staff from several state agencies on Wednesday, discussing current hydrological conditions, weather forecasts, agency preparations, resource coordination and anticipated flooding in the coming weeks.
Wednesday’s executive order also grants emergency relief by waiving load restrictions and spring road restrictions for vehicles necessary for levee construction and other flood fight efforts in affected areas, at the discretion of the North Dakota Department of Transportation director.
Land Commissioner Jodi Smith first raised the issue, alleging about $137 million in state revenue from reservation did not go, as it should have, to the common schools trust fund and the foundation aid stabilization fund.
State engineer Garland Erbele later said that the constitution-mandated resources trust fund that benefits water projects was shorted, too.
The amendment does not refund the foundation aid stabilization fund, which serves as a financial backstop for schools if tax collections fall short. Wardner said it would be a “shell game” to replenish that fund since the money was used as intended.
The common schools trust fund has a balance of more than $4.2 billion, while the foundation aid stabilization fund holds nearly $375 million.
Smith, the land commissioner, attended the committee meeting and told reporters afterward that she was pleased the Legislature has made an effort to reimburse the funds.
“The conversation is headed in the right direction,” she said.
North Dakota’s Land Board, led by the governor, will meet Thursday to discuss the amendment, Smith said.
RUTLAND, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Highway Patrol says a member of a county highway crew has been struck and killed near Rutland.
The patrol says a Britton, South Dakota woman was headed north in a minivan on Sargent County Road 10 Tuesday when she encountered a pickup truck parked in the northbound lane. A Sargent County Road Department crew was placing warning signs on the shoulder of the road and no one was in their pickup.
Authorities say the woman turned into the ditch to avoid striking the road department’s truck and struck a crew member.
The 60-year-old man was taken to the Lisbon Medical Center and died from his injuries. The woman was not seriously hurt.
In world and national news…
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May told lawmakers she is prepared to step down “earlier than I intended” in order to win passage of her divorce deal from the European Union.
May told lawmakers from the 1922 Committee of Conservative lawmakers that she wanted to do what was right for the country.
The comments marked the first time May signaled she was prepared to quit in order to secure the necessary votes for the passage of the Brexit divorce deal she has negotiated with the EU but which has been rejected heavily on two occasions by lawmakers.
She says, “I know there is a desire for a new approach — and new leadership — in the second phase of the Brexit negotiations, and I won’t stand in the way of that.”
CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s attorney says two brothers who claim they worked with the “Empire” actor to stage a racist, anti-gay attack against him are lying.
Tina Glandian spoke with “Good Morning America” on Wednesday, a day after Chicago prosecutors abruptly dropped charges yet still insisted that Smollett lied to police about being attacked by two strangers on Jan. 29.
Glandian says Smollett, who is black and gay, had hired one brother as a personal trainer, and that they discussed training and nutrition in the hours before the attack as Smollett’s flight to Chicago was delayed. But she says Smollett had no idea who attacked him until the brothers were later identified by police.
She says Smollett is a crime victim and “just wants his life back.”
Prosecutors offered little explanation when dropping the case, a move that infuriated Chicago’s mayor and police chief.
NEW YORK (AP) — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is defending President Donald Trump and blamed Congress for what she calls a delay in nominating a permanent head of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Sen. Richard Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, asked Chao at a Senate appropriations hearing on Wednesday whether it was unusual that Trump took 14 months to propose a nominee to head the agency, which is under scrutiny for its oversight of Boeing after two crashes involving Boeing’s best-selling plane.
Chao said the process has been slowed by the White House and by Congress, but Durbin pointed out that Trump never sent a nominee to the Senate for consideration.
Chao said acting administrator Daniel Elwell was qualified to lead the agency. Elwell is a former military and airline pilot who had been the No. 2 official at FAA.
Elwell was bypassed when Trump this month announced he would nominate a former pilot and Delta Air Lines executive, Stephen Dickson, to head the FAA.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr is combing through the special counsel’s report on the Russia probe, removing grand jury and classified information in hopes of releasing it in April and testifying to Congress.
That’s according to Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who had dinner with Barr on Tuesday.
Graham tells The Associated Press the attorney general is going through the report now to make sure there’s nothing that could compromise national security or intelligence “sources and methods.”
Graham said Barr also wants to check with prosecutors who have cases stemming from the Russia probe so any release won’t undercut their ongoing investigations.
Special counsel Robert Mueller gave his report to the Justice Department last week.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A maritime official says the engines of a cruise ship failed off Norway’s coast during a storm because they didn’t have enough lubricating oil.
Lars Alvestad, the head of Norway’s Maritime Authority, said Wednesday that low oil levels were the “direct cause” of the engine failure that stranded the Viking Sky on Saturday.
Alvestad says safety systems detected the problem and automatically stopped the engines to prevent a breakdown.
Viking Sky’s crew sent a mayday call and anchored in heavy seas to keep the ship from being dashed on rocks in an area known for shipwrecks. Five helicopters lifted 479 passengers off with winches.
The rescue operation ended Sunday when the engines restarted. The ship traveled under its own power to a Norwegian port with nearly 900 passengers and crew members onboard.
BARRON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for a Wisconsin man who admitted to abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents say he wanted to plead guilty “from the day we met him.”
Jake Patterson pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping.
Attorney Richard Jones says Patterson rejected all options that defense attorneys presented him, including trying to suppress his statements to investigators in which he confessed.
Jones told Judge James Babler that Patterson “decided this is what he wants to do.”
Patterson said in a letter from jail last month that he planned to plead guilty to spare Jayme and her family the ordeal of a trial.
Jayme Closs was held for 88 days in a cabin about an hour north of her home before she escaped in January.
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