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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1026 AM CDT SAT MAY 4 2013

...A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE ROOT RIVER AT HOUSTON...TURKEY RIVER AT
ELKADER...GARBER...UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76...ZUMBRO
RIVER AT ZUMBRO FALLS...


RECENT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL...AND EVEN SOME SNOW...WILL RESULT IN HIGH
WATER LEVELS FOR MANY CREEKS AND RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION.  AT THIS
TIME...THE WATERWAYS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE...BUT
WATER LEVELS WILL BE WITHIN A FEW FEET OF FLOOD STAGE. PERSONS WHO
MAY BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER FROM ANY OF THESE SHOULD MONITOR THE
LATEST CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS.

ROOT RIVER AT HOUSTON...THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS 6.2 FEET. FLOOD
STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 12.5 FEET
TUESDAY MORNING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER...THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS 8.4 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 11.6
FEET SUNDAY...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

TURKEY RIVER AT GARBER...THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS 11.4 FEET. FLOOD
STAGE IS 17.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 14.1 FEET
MONDAY MORNING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DORCHESTER HWY 76...THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS
9.2 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO
RISE TO NEAR 13.2 FEET SUNDAY EVENING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

ZUMBRO RIVER AT ZUMBRO FALLS...THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS 8.5 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR 16.4
FEET MONDAY EVENING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

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

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