Thursday, March 18, 2010

URGENT: Flood Warning on Mississsippi due to Major Ice Jam near Watab

I've already been down there and checked out the ice dam. I am currently working on pictures and will have them up ASAP.

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1048 AM CDT THU MAR 18 2010

MNC009-145-191530-
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STEARNS MN-BENTON MN-
1048 AM CDT THU MAR 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR ICE JAM FLOODING IN...
  EAST CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FRIDAY

* AT 1030 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
  A SIGNIFICANT ICE JAM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM THE NORTH
  SIDE OF SARTELL NORTHWARD THROUGH PINE POINT. THIS IS CAUSING
  WATER TO BACK UP ALONG THE RIVER AND INTO LITTLE ROCK LAKE. LAW
  ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL HOMES ON PINE POINT ARE ALREADY
  CLOSE TO BEING IMPACTED. FLOODING IS LIKELY IN IMMEDIATE LOWLAND
  AREAS ALONG THE RIVER AND POSSIBLY ALONG HARRIS CHANNEL AND INTO
  LITTLE ROCK LAKE. IF THE ICE JAM WERE TO BREAK ABRUPTLY...FLOODING
  IS LIKELY TO OCCUR FURTHER DOWNSTREAM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
  CHANNEL THROUGH SARTELL AND POSSIBLY INTO THE NORTH SIDE OF ST
  CLOUD. CONSIDERING THE EXTENT OF THIS ICE JAM AND LITTLE ICE
  MOVEMENT HAVING BEEN NOTICED THUS FAR...THIS ICE JAM MAY BE A
  PROLONGED EVENT.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...PINE POINT...LITTLE ROCK LAKE...WATAB...SARTELL AND SAUK
  RAPIDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM JUST SOUTH OF RICE TO
THE NORTH SIDE OF ST CLOUD SHOULD ACT NOW FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING
AS THE ICE MOVES THROUGH THE RIVER.

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