The levees in the City of Minot, N.D., continue to overtop with Souris River waters, with evacuations underway. The levees will continue to be overtopped as river levels continue to rise, with the river forecast to exceed historical record levels early Friday and crest on Sunday. Souris River levels throughout Minot are likely to fluctuate until water has filled the storage behind the levees
The National Weather Service in Bismarck, N.D., has issued a flash flood warning for levee overtopping in east-central Ward County in north-central North Dakota.
The levee system protecting Minot, N.D., from flooding along the Souris River is threatened. A large-scale mandatory evacuation of the city has begun and is to be completed by Wednesday at 10 PM CDT
Flood control measures along the Souris River in North Dakota have reached their limit, and nothing more can be done to hold back the impending flood waters in portions of the Dakotas. The river is expected to be at 1,563 feet above sea level on June 26-27, or 5 feet above the record stage set on January 1, 1881. Predictions of 1.5 to 2 inches of rain or more over the next 24 hours are threatening the levee system protecting Minot, North Dakota.
Strong southwest winds and single digit relative humidity have caused difficult firefighting conditions for fire crews on both the Wallow and Monument fires in eastern Arizona. The Wallow Fire has burned more than 511,000 acres and is 51% contained. Evacuations remain in effect for the communities of Sunrise, Greer and Blue River, Ariz
The Wallow Fire continues to burn in Arizona and New Mexico, consuming 487,016 acres. The U.S
The upper Missouri River Basin, which includes parts of Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota and Nebraska, has received 100 to 800 percent of normal precipitation during the past several weeks.
The National Weather Service is assessing improvements to its service delivery architecture. We’re in user requirements gathering phase and we’re requesting comments to better inform the NWS of user’s current and future service needs.
More heavy rainfall — 1 to 3 inches in the past 24 hours — fell over central and eastern Montana, causing extensive flash flooding of streams and tributaries, as well as main stem river flooding. Many homes have been flooded in the Helena and Glasgow vicinities and a significant number of bridges and roads are impassable
The Wallow Fire, in eastern Arizona, has burned 389,000 acres in parts of the Apache National Forest and is now the second largest wildfire in the history of the state. More than 5,000 people total have been evacuated. The fire is 0% contained.
