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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1102 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013

...A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM LAKE CITY
MINNESOTA DOWNSTREAM THROUGH GUTTENBERG IOWA DAM 10...

THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS ON THE RISE AGAIN...THANKS TO A VERY WET
SPRING SO FAR. THIS LATEST STORM SYSTEM HAS DROPPED A GOOD DEAL OF
SNOW ON PARTS OF THE AREA...AND HAS ALSO DROPPED WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL. THIS COMBINATION LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CAUSE HIGH WATER
LEVELS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

AT THIS TIME...MINOR FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE AROUND THE
WABASHA MINNESOTA AREA...AS WELL AS NEAR MCGREGOR IOWA. BUT
FOR OTHER LOCATIONS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI...WATER LEVELS WILL BE
WITHIN A FEW FEET OF FLOOD STAGE...BUT NOT ABOVE.

PERSONS WHO MAY BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS.


AT LAKE CITY...THE STAGE FRIDAY MORNING WAS 13.04 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 16 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH NEAR 14 FEET TUESDAY.

AT WABASHA...THE STAGE FRIDAY MORNING WAS 11.51 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS
12 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY
MORNING...AND REACH 12.10 FEET TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WOULD RESULT IN
MINOR FLOODING...AND A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

AT ALMA DAM 4...THE STAGE FRIDAY MORNING WAS 10.2 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 16 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH NEAR 11 FEET TUESDAY.

AT WINONA...THE STAGE FRIDAY MORNING WAS 10.91 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS
13 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 12.8 FEET WEDNESDAY.

AT LA CROSSE...THE STAGE FRIDAY MORNING WAS 9.88 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS
12 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN 11.5 AND 12 FEET
THURSDAY.

AT LANSING...THE STAGE FRIDAY MORNING WAS 11.25 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS
17 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 13.5 FEET THURSDAY.

AT MCGREGOR...THE STAGE FRIDAY MORNING WAS 14.23 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS
16 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY
EVENING...AND REACH 16.5 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD RESULT IN
MINOR FLOODING...AND A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

AT GUTTENBERG DAM 10...THE STAGE FRIDAY MORNING WAS 12.84 FEET. FLOOD
STAGE IS 15 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 14.5 FEET FRIDAY.


FOR THIS...AND A WEALTH OF OTHER RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION...
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT  WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

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National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office