Over the next week, river levels at locations on the Minnesota River in the Twin Cities metro area are expected to drop as the heaviest of the rains stay south across Iowa through Thursday morning:
Along the Minnesota River:
- Shakopee: FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 709.0 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.
- Savage: AT 7:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 702.8 FEET. FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 703.2 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
- Jordan: AT 7:15 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.9 FEET. FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
- Montevideo: AT 7:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET. FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.2 FEET BY THIS EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
- New Ulm: AT 7:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 797.98 FEET. FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 799.1 FEET WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Thankfully, we will not see any road closures out of this. Between the flooding this spring and last fall, we have seen our fair share of traffic inconveniences due to the flooding!
RS
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