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Major flooding
Devils Lake, ND
- Gauge
- Lake or reservoir level · DCBN8 · NWS FGF
- Observed
- Observed 49.98 ft at : major flooding
- Forecast
- No forecast at action stage or above.
- Stages
- NWS sets 0.1 ft, 0.2 ft, 0.3 ft here, which are not on the scale of this gauge’s readings, so no stage is drawn or used; the category is NWS’s.
- Forecasts
- Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.
Forecast hydrograph
NWS gives no forecast points for this gauge, so no forecast hydrograph is drawn.
What NWS lists at this gauge
- 49.2 ft: Drainage problems for Minnewaukan. Ramsey Co. Hwy 2 affected.
- 49 ft: Devils Lake at 213 sq mi.
- 48.3 ft: US Hwy 281 (north of Minnewaukan) closed during high winds.
- 48 ft: Devils Lake at 202 sq mi.
- 47.2 ft: Devils Lake at 195 sq mi.
- 47.1 ft: Devils Lake spilled into Stump Lake (August 1999; previous overflow in the 1820s).
- 47 ft: Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM). Devils Lake at 191 sq mi.
- 46.5 ft: Approximate height of Jerusalem Coulee from East Lake to West Stump Lake (surveyed by ND SWC 2021).
- 46 ft: Minimum level for ND Department of Water Resources pumping operations for both the West and East End Outlets.
- 38.4 ft: Devils Lake at 140 sq mi. First recorded lake level (1867).
NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods. Read .
NWPS’s page for DCBN8 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in North Dakota
Rain and rivers in North Dakota
- Expected rain: below WPC’s lowest contour (0.01 in) in North Dakota, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
- Rain that fell: 0.1 to 0.25 in at its highest in North Dakota, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
- Rivers: 2 gauges in flood in North Dakota, by NWS’s lists read . Major flooding Devils Lake, ND. Observed 49.98 ft at : major flooding. No forecast at action stage or above. And 1 more. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.
Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker
On the Briefing’s map
- Flash-flood risk WPC’s Excessive Rainfall Outlook: a chance, in four categories
- Expected rain WPC’s 24-hour rain forecast, in inches
- Rain that fell MRMS’s radar estimate for the past 24 or 72 hours
River, coastal and lake gauges in North Dakota
Two gauges in flood in North Dakota, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.
Major flooding 2
- Observed: major flooding Devils Lake, NDObserved 49.98 ft at : major flooding
- Observed: major flooding Eastern Stump Lake at Lakota, NDObserved 49.89 ft at : major flooding
A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.
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North Dakota flash-flood briefing
Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.