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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
833 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2013

...A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LAKE
CITY...DOWNSTREAM TO GUTTENBERG DAM 10...

THE WARM TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASED THE SNOW MELT ACROSS THE
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI RIVER DRAINAGE SYSTEM.  THROUGH THE NEXT SEVEN
DAYS...THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT RISES ACROSS THE UPPER END AS WATER
FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI DRAINGAGE WORKS ITS WAY DOWNSTREAM. NO
FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
PRECIPITATION WILL EFFECT THE REGION THROUGH LATE WEEK...WHICH COULD
RESULT IN FURTHER RISES NOT IN THE CURRENT FORECAST.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LAKE CITY...THE STAGE THIS EVENING WAS 12.15
FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 13.60
FEET SUNDAY...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT WABASHA...THE STAGE THIS EVENING WAS 10.81 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 11.80 FEET
SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ALMA DAM 4...THE STAGE TODAY WAS  9.25 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 11.10 FEET
SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT WINONA...THE STAGE THIS EVENING WAS  9.81 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 12.20 FEET
MONDAY MORNING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LA CROSSE...THE STAGE THIS EVENING WAS  9.42
FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 11.10
FEET TUESDAY MORNING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LANSING...THE STAGE THIS EVENING WAS 11.37 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 12.30 FEET
TUESDAY EVENING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MCGREGOR...THE STAGE THIS EVENING WAS 14.37
FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 14.60
FEET TUESDAY EVENING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GUTTENBERG DAM 10...THE STAGE THIS EVENING WAS
12.89 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH
13.20 FEET TUESDAY...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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