CDT FRI OCT 25 2013
 
 …DEVILS LAKE OUTLOOK FOR FLOOD POTENTIAL…
 
                           DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES
                     LONG-RANGE PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
 
   THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL NOT BE PROVIDING LONG RANGE
    PROBABILISTIC HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOKS FOR DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES
     THAT ARE ISSUED IN LATE OCTOBER…NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
      THERE IS LITTLE CHANGE IN LAKE LEVELS EXPECTED OVER THE WINTER
       AND THEREFORE THE NEXT OUTLOOK FOR DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES
        WILL BE ISSUED IN LATE JANUARY.
 
   * THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOKS FOR JANUARY THROUGH MAY WILL ONLY
      INCLUDE HIGH WATER PROBABILITIES OF EXCEEDING LAKE LEVELS
       FOR A VALID PERIOD EXTENDING OUT TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
 
   * THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOKS FOR AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER WILL ONLY
      INCLUDE LOW WATER PROBABILITIES OF NOT EXCEEDING LAKE LEVELS
       FOR A VALID PERIOD EXTENDING OUT TO THE END OF NOVEMBER.
 
   * THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOKS FOR JUNE AND JULY WILL INCLUDE BOTH HIGH
      AND LOW WATER PROBABILITIES.
 
   * THERE WILL BE NO LONG RANGE OUTLOOKS FOR LATE OCTOBER…LATE
      NOVEMBER AND LATE DECEMBER.
 
 . CURRENT AND PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH LAKE LEVELS…
 
  *  THE CURRENT HEIGHT OF DEVILS LAKE AT CREEL BAY IS 1452.4 FEET
  *  THE CURRENT HEIGHT OF  STUMP LAKE NEAR LAKOTA  IS 1452.7 FEET
 
  *  THE MOST RECENT USGS PROVISIONAL RECORD DAILY AVERAGE HEIGHT
     FOR DEVILS LAKE AT THE CREEL BAY GAGE:
                 …1454.30 FEET ON   JUNE 27 OF 2011
  *  PREVIOUS RECORDS:
                 …1452.05 FEET ON   JUNE 27 OF 2010
                 …1450.93 FEET ON   JUNE 27 OF 2009
                 …1449.20 FEET ON    MAY  9 OF 2006
                 …1449.18 FEET ON   JUNE 17 OF 2004
                 …1449.17 FEET ON AUGUST  2 OF 2005
 
  * FOR MORE HIGH WATER MARKS…SEE THE USGS FLOOD TRACKING CHARTS AT:
 
          HTTP://ND.WATER.USGS.GOV/FLOODTRACKING
 
 . ADDITONAL INFORMATION…
 
   MONTHLY PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOKS FOR VARIOUS RIVER LOCATIONS IN THE
   RED RIVER OF THE NORTH’S BASIN AND FOR DEVILS AND STUMP LAKES ARE
   USUALLY ISSUED ON THE FRIDAY OF THE WEEK FOLLOWING THE FIRST
   THURSDAY AFTER THE 15TH OF THE MONTH…TYPICALLY THE THIRD OR
   FOURTH WEEK OF THE MONTH.
 
   VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS AHPS WEB PAGE AT:
 
                WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GRANDFORKS
 
      …CLICK ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS LEFT HAND LINK
          OR THE RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS TAB ON TOP OF THE MAP.