The Flood Warning continues for
the Minnesota river at Savage.
* At 11:00 am Sunday the stage was 707.9 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 702.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 712.0 feet by
Wednesday evening March 24th then begin falling. Additional
rises are possible.
* Impact... at 712.0 feet... water begins to back up The Eagle creek and
block the Highway 101 frontage Road.
* Flood history... this level compares to a previous crest of 713.7
feet on Jun 26 1993.
129 PM CDT sun Mar 21 2010
The Flood Warning continues for
the Minnesota river at Shakopee.
* At 8:16 am Sunday the stage was 713.0 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 708.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 717.7 feet by
Wednesday March 24th early afternoon then begin falling. Additional
rises are possible.
* Flood history... this level compares to a previous crest of 717.4
feet on Apr 29 2001.
129 PM CDT sun Mar 21 2010
The Flood Warning continues for
the Minnesota river near Jordan.
* At 11:00 am Sunday the stage was 31.0 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 25.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 31.5 feet by
Tuesday early afternoon March 23rd then begin falling. Additional
rises are possible.
* Flood history... this level compares to a previous crest of 32.2 feet
on Apr 29 2001.
129 PM CDT sun Mar 21 2010
The Flood Warning continues for
the Minnesota river at Henderson.
* At 11:00 am Sunday the stage was 737.5 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 732.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 737.6 feet by
this evening March 21st then begin falling. Additional rises are
possible.
* Flood history... this level compares to a previous crest of 738.5
feet on Apr 28 2001.
810 PM CDT Sat Mar 20 2010
... Flood Warning for an ice jam and snow melt remains in effect for
Martin... western Faribault... Watonwan... Blue Earth... Nicollet...
Brown... western Le Sueur... Sibley... southwestern Scott and western
Carver counties until 400 PM CDT Monday...
At 800 PM CDT Saturday evening... flooded small streams were very
slowly receding across much of south central Minnesota. Due to very
high water along the Minnesota river and its immediate
tributaries... overland flooding will be slow to further recede the
remainder of this weekend.
Some locations that will experience flooding include... Blue Earth...
Fairmont... Mankato... New Ulm... St James... St Peter... Amboy...
Arlington... Ceylon... Cleveland... Cologne... Comfrey... Courtland...
Darfur... Delavan... Dunnell... Eagle Lake... Elmore... Evan... Gaylord...
Gibbon... Good Thunder... Green Isle... Hamburg... Hanska... Henderson...
Kasota... Klossner... La Salle and Lafayette.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Do not drive your vehicle into areas where the water covers the
roadway. The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross
safely.
Report flooding to the nearest law enforcement agency so that they
may take appropriate action to close flooded roadways. They will
relay your report to the National Weather Service in the Twin Cities.
Lat... Lon 4349 9485 4410 9487 4411 9510 4428 9510
4428 9486 4449 9484 4446 9480 4446 9463
4471 9462 4471 9450 4463 9449 4463 9426
4471 9425 4472 9402 4497 9400 4497 9378
4456 9375 4424 9384 4384 9385 4350 9396
Mtf/jvm