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31/05/2011 5:42 am
Just as things seem to be settling down after the Ohio and Mississippi River flooding, guess what folks, it ain't over yet. See this story from the Associated Press and posted on Weather.com. Now it's the Upper Missouri River basin that's overflowing. That only means that once things get settled in the lower Mississippi, they heat up again. Going to be a long summer, I think. Don't say you haven't been warned (not that you need the bad news, I guess).
01/06/2011 3:03 pm
A big melt and big snow
They are just now predicting a big snow melt in the Upper Arkansas River valley as well. Don't know how this will affect flooding on the Mississippi, but it is not going to help things a bit.
01/06/2011 3:19 pm
The lower Arkansas is still up. This morning at Little Rock the flow was about 120,000 cfs. Anything above 70,000 is considered to be "high flow". The Mississippi is falling slowly below Cairo, but is at 46.6 today; flood stage at Cairo is 40.0. The Upper at St. Louis is 31.5; flood stage is 30.0. The Ohio at Cincinnati is 32 feet. All are falling, but it will be a very slow fall on the Mississippi.
This morning it is very swift at Reserve, LA. At Vicksburg three days ago, the current speed was 6.4 mph.
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03/06/2011 9:19 am
Minnesota River due to crest
Either today or tomorrow, the Minnesota River is scheduled to crest in Mankato and New Ulm. Of course that only means that it's headed to St. Paul where the Minnesota joins the Mississippi at Pike Island, near Fort Snelling. The already high UMR is probably going to swell again by early next week. Just don't know if this is going to be anything substantial or like adding a glass of water to the toilet bowl. Too soon to tell. I'll post more details as I get them.
03/06/2011 3:24 pm
A Really Big Toilet Bowl
You can be sure that many people are intently observing water levels on their sand bags. They would probably shoot someone who as much as poured a glass of water into the flood. They would shoot them with the bullets they are sweating.