Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning
The Flood Warning continues for
the Cottonwood River at New Ulm.
* At 9:00 PM Wednesday the stage was 14.0 feet.
* Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 15.1 feet by
Friday morning then begin to slowly fall. Additional rises are possible.
* Flood history... this crest compares to a previous crest of 13.9 feet
on Mar 14 2007.
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has extended the
* Flood Warning for an ice jam and snow melt in...
Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
Brown County in south central Minnesota...
Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
Le Sueur County in south central Minnesota...
Martin County in south central Minnesota...
Nicollet County in south central Minnesota...
Sibley County in central Minnesota...
southwestern Scott County in east central Minnesota...
Waseca County in south central Minnesota...
Watonwan County in south central Minnesota...
western Carver County in east central Minnesota...
* until 400 PM CDT Monday
* at 350 PM CDT... emergency management and local law enforcement
continued to report areal flooding... with multiple reports of ice
jams resulting in flooded roads. Numerous County and township
roads remain closed. Conditions do seem to be improving and
water levels are beginning to recede... but additional
drainage is expected and the potential for more ice jams remains.
* In addition to rural areas... some other locations that
will experience flooding include New Ulm... St James... Blue
Earth... New Richland... Springfield... Henderson...
Mapleton... Waseca... Janesville... New
Germany... Winnebago... Watertown and Mayer.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Runoff from snow melt and ice jams will cause flooding of
small creeks and streams... country roads... as well as farmland along
the banks of creeks and streams.
To report flooding... have the nearest law enforcement agency relay
your report to the National Weather Service forecast office in the
Twin Cities.
Lat... Lon 4349 9486 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
4462 9378 4387 9340 4385 9365 4350 9365
201 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2010
The Flood Warning continues for
the Minnesota river at New Ulm.
* At 8:00 am Wednesday the stage was 799.9 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 796.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 801.2 feet by
Tuesday early afternoon March 23rd then begin falling. Additional
rises are possible.
* Flood history... this level compares to a previous crest of 799.8
feet on Apr 4 2009.
201 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2010
The Flood Warning continues for
the Minnesota river at Mankato.
* At 11:00 am Wednesday the stage was 21.2 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 22.0 feet.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by this evening and continue to
rise to near 24.4 feet by Saturday morning March 20th. The river
will fall below flood stage by Tuesday morning. Additional rises
are possible.
* Impact... at 25.0 feet... Highway 169 between St Peter and Mankato
begins flooding at various places.
