The National Weather Service estimates that there is a 90 percent chance of the Minnesota River flooding at a very moderate level in New Ulm the week of April 8.
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
937 AM CDT SUN APR 05 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MINNESOTA...
MINNESOTA RIVER AT MONTEVIDEO AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI
PARLE...RENVILLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT GRANITE FALLS AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...RENVILLE AND
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND
NICOLLET COUNTIES
SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD AFFECTING STEARNS COUNTY
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 799.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 796.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO A STAGE OF 799.6 FEET
NO MAJOR WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS THAT
WILL IMPACT RIVER LEVELS. HOWEVER...LAST NIGHTS STORM SYSTEM HAS
DROPPED BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WHICH WILL HAVE SOME
MINOR AFFECTS ON THE MINNESOTA RIVER FOR THE NEXT WEEK.
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