PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
912 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011

...DEVILS LAKE WATER LEVEL SURPASSES 2010 PROVISIONAL RECORD...

AS OF 8 PM CDT...THE WATER LEVEL OF DEVILS LAKE REACHED 1452.1 FEET.
THIS SURPASSES THE PROVISIONAL 2010 RECORD LEVEL OF 1452.05 FEET
WHICH LAST OCCURRED ON JUNE 27 2010. MELT WATER FROM THE NORTHERN
PORTION OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN WAS CAUSING THE LAKE LEVEL TO
RISE. ICE CONTINUES TO COVER MUCH OF DEVILS LAKE. THIS LAKE IS A
CLOSED BASIN LAKE...WHICH MEANS IT HAS NO NATURAL OUTLET. THE
OFFICIAL READING OF THE WATER LEVEL ON DEVILS LAKE IS TAKEN BY A
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GAUGE LOCATED ON CREEL BAY.

THE WATER LEVEL OF DEVILS LAKE SHOULD CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE
SPRING MONTHS AS ADDITIONAL MELT WATER MAKES IT WAY INTO THE LAKE
SYSTEM.


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BRAMER