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HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
950 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
..A STATEMENT CONCERNING THE CEDAR RIVER AT LANSING MN
..TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER AND GARBER IA
..UPPER IOWA RIVER NEAR DORCHESTER IA ALONG HIGHWAY 76
FORECAST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA
RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS. HOWEVER NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME. BUT...SHOULD THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT FALLS DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY
FROM THE FORECAST AMOUNTS...EXPECTED RIVER LEVELS WILL CHANGE.
THEREFORE...CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN USING THESE FORECASTS.
CEDAR RIVER AT LANSING...THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS 10.19 FEET. FLOOD
STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 14.4 FEET
SATURDAY JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
TURKEY RIVER AT ELKADER...THE STAGE THIS MORNING WAS 7.52 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 10.5
FEET EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
TURKEY RIVER AT GARBER...THE STAGE LATE THIS MORNING WAS 8.92 FEET.
FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 14.2
FEET SUNDAY JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHICH IS BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
UPPER IOWA RIVER NEAR DORCHESTER ALONG HIGHWAY 76...THE STAGE LATE
THIS MORNING WAS 9.33 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. THE RIVER IS
FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 11.9 FEET EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH IS
BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
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