Flood Warning
Expires 3:16 AM CDT on March 23, 2010
Statement as of 9:16 PM CDT on March 21, 2010
The Flood Warning continues for
the Minnesota river at Granite Falls.
* The latest stage is estimated to be 889.5 feet.
* Flood stage is 888.0 feet.
* Flood history... this forecast level compares to a previous crest of
891.6 feet on Apr 27 2001.
916 PM CDT sun Mar 21 2010
The Flood Warning continues for
the Minnesota river at Montevideo.
* At 8:00 PM Sunday the stage was 19.0 feet.
* Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 19.9 feet by
tomorrow evening then begin falling.
* Impact... at 18.0 feet... sanitary sewers begin to be affected at this
level.
* Flood history... this forecast level compares to a previous crest of
18.3 feet on Mar 29 2009.