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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
932 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

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

RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS AND RECORD BREAKING SNOW ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL RESULT IN A STEADY
BUT SIGNIFICANT RISE ON THE MAIN STEM MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SEVERAL
LOCATIONS COULD REACH OR EXCEED FLOOD STAGE NEXT WEEK...INCLUDING
WABASAHA...WINONA MINNESOTA AND AT MCGREGOR IOWA. THERE REMAINS
UNCERTAINTY IN HOW THE RAINFALL RUNOFF AND SNOW MELT WILL AFFECT
RIVER LEVELS. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS.

AT LAKE CITY...THE STAGE THURSDAY EVENING WAS 12.87 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 16.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN 13.50 AND 14.00
FEET MONDAY...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

AT WABASHA...THE STAGE THURSDAY EVENING WAS 11.38 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 12.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH NEAR FLOOD STAGE
MONDAY.

AT ALMA DAM 4...THE STAGE TODAY WAS 10.12 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0
FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 11.10 FEET MONDAY...WHICH IS
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

AT WINONA...THE STAGE THURSDAY EVENING WAS 10.69 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS
13.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN 12.50 AND
12.75 FEET TUESDAY EVENING...WHICH IS JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

AT LA CROSSE...THE STAGE THURSDAY EVENING WAS 9.64 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 12.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 11.40 FEET WEDNESDAY
MORNING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

AT LANSING...THE STAGE THURSDAY EVENING WAS 11.21 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 17.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 13.30 FEET THURSDAY
EVENING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

AT MCGREGOR...THE STAGE THURSDAY EVENING WAS 14.27 FEET. FLOOD STAGE
IS 16.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE BY
MID WEEK...AND POSSIBLY GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY
LATER NEXT WEEK. THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.

AT GUTTENBERG DAM 10...THE STAGE THURSDAY EVENING WAS 12.88 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH BETWEEN
14.00 AND 14.50 FEET THURSDAY MORNING...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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