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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
850 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LAKE CITY...
WABASHA...ALMA DAM 4...WINONA...LA CROSSE...CEDAR RIVER AT LANSING...
TURTLE CREEK AT AUSTIN 3NW...UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DECORAH...

HEAVY RAINFALL THE PAST FEW WEEKS...ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST
WEEK...WILL CAUSE SOME RISES ON THE MAIN STEM MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AT
THIS TIME...NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED THOUGH THE FORECAST FOR WABASHA
IS NEAR FLOOD STAGE BY LATER THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ADDITIONALLY...HIGH WATER LEVELS CONTINUE ON OTHER
STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA.

CEDAR RIVER AT LANSING...THE STAGE TUESDAY EVENING WAS 15.73 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO FALL
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

UPPER IOWA RIVER AT DECORAH...THE STAGE TUESDAY EVENING WAS  8.92
FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH  9.30
FEET WEDNESDAY MORNING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LAKE CITY...THE STAGE TUESDAY EVENING WAS 10.15
FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 13.60
FEET MONDAY MORNING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT WABASHA...THE STAGE TUESDAY EVENING WAS  9.40
FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 11.90
FEET SUNDAY EVENING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ALMA DAM 4...THE STAGE TODAY WAS  7.61 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 10.30 FEET
MONDAY MORNING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT WINONA...THE STAGE TUESDAY EVENING WAS  8.38
FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 11.40
FEET TUESDAY EVENING...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LA CROSSE...THE STAGE TUESDAY EVENING WAS  8.66
FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH 10.60
FEET TUESDAY...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

TURTLE CREEK AT AUSTIN 3NW...THE STAGE TUESDAY EVENING WAS  7.66
FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO
FALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

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

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ZT

National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office