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csi photo matt sheppard

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA… CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS
 IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
 NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 .WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
 NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
 .THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
 .THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
 .FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 70.
 .FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
 .SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 70. LOWS IN THE MID 50S.
 .SUNDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.
 .SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
 .MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S.
 LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S.
 .TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

 

TUE JUN 4 2013

.THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN NORTH DAKOTA…

PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE AFFECTING STUTSMAN COUNTY

FOR THE JAMES RIVER BASIN INCLUDING PINGREE…MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE PIPESTEM CREEK NEAR PINGREE
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 11:15 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* FORECAST…MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* IMPACT…AT 10.0 FEET…FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL AFFECTS FARMLAND, BUT
NO MAJOR CITIES OR ROADS. WATER IS OUT OF THE BANKS.

FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7AM)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI SAT SUN

JAMES RIVER BASIN
PINGREE 9 8.4 TUE 11 AM 8.2 8.4 8.3 8.5 8.3

　

…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING…

FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…PIERCE AND ROLETTE.

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…SHERIDAN AND WELLS. IN

SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA…FOSTER.

　

FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING…

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA…BENSON…EDDY…GRAND FORKS… NELSON…RAMSEY…TOWNER AND WESTERN WALSH. IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA…GRIGGS…STEELE AND TRAILL.

IT IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY THAT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WILL EXPERIENCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TUES/WED. AREAL WIDE AVERAGES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS AREA RECEIVED ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH MONDAY NIGHT…AND HAS RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL IN THE PAST 2 TO 3 WEEKS. THIS HAS LEAD TO SATURATED SOILS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH RUNOFF RATES.

RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN OVERLAND FLOODING OF COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS…AND FLOODING NEAR RIVERS.

 

BOWMAN, N.D. (AP) – The National Weather Service says three tornadoes touched down Monday in the southwestern corner of North Dakota.
 
     Weather service meteorologist Nathan Heinert tells KFGO that the twisters were rated as weak, with wind speeds between 65 and 85 mph.
 
     Heinert says funnel clouds reached the ground in open country near Bowman, Rhame and Golden Valley. The only damage reported was at a ranch near Rhame, were several large trees were downed.
 
     Connie Gaebe (GAY’-bee), who lives 3 miles west of Bowman, tells the Dickinson Press she spotted a tornado from town while her husband, Randy, saw it from their farm.
 
     She says the twister was followed by rain and pea-sized hail, “but nothing destructive.”

 

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The former executive director of a Bismarck nonprofit accused of making unauthorized purchase with the organization’s checkbook and credit card has pleaded not guilty to three felony charges.
 
     Thirty-year-old David Mau is accused of making $7,525 in unauthorized purchases.
 
     Mau was the executive director of the Arc of Bismarck, a nonprofit that provides education, advocacy and support for disabled people. 
 
Mau pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to forgery or counterfeiting and two counts of theft of property.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – A Minnesota man was hauled into a North Dakota courtroom to pay off a court debt from more than 20 years ago.
 
     An old warrant recently surfaced in Grand Forks for 44-year-old Kenneth Knutson, who was convicted of forgery in 1992.  The minor charge was later changed to a civil judgment and Knutson, of Tenstrike, Minn., still owed $325 in restitution.
 
     Court officials aren’t sure how the warrant surfaced in the system. It forced some juggling among court officials. Judge Sonia Clapp took herself off the case because she was the original prosecutor. Judge Lawrence Jahnke stepped in to review the paperwork and came back with three words for Knutson: “You are done.”
 
     But not before he paid the 21-year-old bill.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says there’s a “crisis on the prairie” as demand for energy and other goods put pressure on the land.
 
     Dan Ashe was the keynote speaker Monday at the Prairie Summit, a meeting of conservation and wildlife experts in Bismarck.
 
     Ashe says as the world population continues to grow, demands for what is produced on and from the land will continue to escalate. That includes food, recreational opportunities and energy.
 
     Biologists say agriculture and energy exploration can break up habitat and restrict the movement of wildlife or move animals out of their home range entirely.
 
Even though there’s a record number of ducks on the prairie, 70 percent of the country’s native grasslands are gone.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Leaders of tea party and other conservative groups have been telling a House panel Tuesday about what they say has been years of abuse by the Internal Revenue Service. They say that when they applied for tax-exempt status, the IRS responded by asking them inappropriate questions. The leader of an anti-abortion group says the agency asked about the content of their prayers. The head of a group that opposes same-sex marriage says the IRS publicly disclosed confidential information about its donors.
 
     CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – The suspect in last year’s deadly shooting at a Colorado movie theater will be undergoing a mental evaluation at a state hospital — and the results of that evaluation may not be known for months. A judge today accepted a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity from James Holmes, charged with killing 12 people and injuring dozens of others. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. The doctors who will be evaluating him will first want to review the 40,000 pages of evidence in the case.
 
     TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he wants to hold a special election in October to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by Frank Lautenberg’s death on Monday. Christie says he intends to appoint someone to fill the seat in the meantime, but he didn’t say who. The special primary would be Aug. 13, with the special election held Oct. 16. That schedule would ensure the Republican governor’s own re-election bid remains at the top of the ballot in New Jersey this November.
 
     NYACK, N.Y. (AP) – Authorities at a college north of New York City say seven people were hurt in an explosion Tuesday in a college building, but that none of the injuries are life-threatening. The explosion at Nyack (NY’-ak) College happened a little before noon, blowing out windows and sending a door sailing through the air. Authorities say there was a gas leak at the building, but it’s not clear if the leak caused the explosion or the explosion caused the leak.
 
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Black people are nearly four times more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession, even though its use is comparable among blacks and whites. That’s according to The American Civil Liberties Union. It says its analysis of federal crime data on marijuana possession arrest rates shows that 716 per 100,000 blacks were arrested in 2010, compared to 192 per 100,000 whites. The report says the rate for black people is about a 33 percent increase over 2001, while the rate for white people has remained the same.