... Flood Warning remains in effect for Martin... Faribault...
Watonwan... Waseca... Blue Earth... Nicollet... Brown... Le Sueur...
Sibley... southwestern Scott and western Carver counties until 400
PM CDT Monday...
At 1237 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 are generally improving and
water levels on the smaller streams are beginning to recede... but
additional drainage is expected and the potential for more ice jams
remains. In addition... flood warnings remain in effect for the
larger rivers across the area... which continue to rise. Information
on those warnings can be found in separate flood statements.
In addition to rural areas... some other locations that may
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
National Weather Service:
Areal Flood Warning
Saint James, MN
Current Conditions
30 °F
Overcast
18 mph
from the NW
27 °F
30.16 in
18 °F
86%
10.0 miles
Windom, MN
Updated — 7:13 PM CDT on March 19, 2010
Local Radar
Forecast for Watonwan (56081)
Friday
 Mostly Cloudy
H 32° / L 20°
|
Saturday
 Partly Cloudy
H 36° / L 22°
|
Sunday
 Clear
H 45° / L 29°
|
Monday
Partly Cloudy
H 49° / L 32°
|
Tuesday
Partly Cloudy
H 52° / L 31°
|
Tonight
Colder. Cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday
Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs 35 to 40. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
Saturday NightMostly clear. Lows around 20. West winds around 5 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny. Highs around 45. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday NightMostly clear. Lows around 30. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Monday and Monday Night
Partly cloudy. Highs around 50. Lows 30 to 35.
Tuesday and Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs 50 to 55. Lows 30 to 35.
Statement as of 12:42 PM CDT on March 19, 2010
Areal Flood Warning
