#National weather service la crosse series

The river is expected to crest by Friday evening in McGregor, Iowa, and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, according to Abbott. This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a steady temperature around 39.

'If you do enter the flooded waters, there could be debris from some of the buildings and areas that have gotten flooded that you might not be able to see,' Abbott said. She said the amount of water that's flowing into the river is creating a faster current. 'Anywhere from up near the Twin Cities in Minnesota, down through Dubuque, kind of the southern tip of Wisconsin - all of that part of the Mississippi River is in flood stage,' Abbott of NWS La Crosse said.Ībbott urged people to avoid areas barricaded by law enforcement. The elevated river levels are also hitting Wisconsin's Midwestern neighbors. Mississippi River flooding affects Wisconsin's neighboring states In 2019, some districts fought floods for about three months, he said. Army Corps of Engineers said the flood is expected to move through the system quickly, taking between several weeks to a month. 'We've had significant damage to parks and some other infrastructure, and it will take a while for that water to recede - and for us to get to the point where we're able to assess as well as address some of that damage,' he said.ĭrew Smith of the U.S. La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynolds said managing the aftermath will be costly. It reached about 137 total inches of snow for the season, up from about 135 inches over the 1995-1996 winter. He said the remaining snow is 'probably not going to contribute to the crest any longer, but it may lengthen how the river does recede.'ĭuluth, Minnesota, which borders Superior in northwest Wisconsin, broke a record for the snowiest season earlier this month. But it appears that over the next week, precipitation will fall under 1 inch for the basin, meaning it won't add to the system. In a press briefing Thursday, he said officials are keeping an eye on future precipitation leading to a higher risk of flooding. Mike Welvaert is the service coordination hydrologist for the National Weather Service's North Central River Forecast Center. It'll take a little while for things to start to go back to what we consider normal or for some of those closures to reopen.' Rapid snowmelt drives flooding 'There's a lot of water to continue to make its way down,' Abbott said. Pettibone Park and Goose Island are predominantly underwater. Some businesses and homes in the downtown area across Riverside Park have been flooded, Abbott said. 'When we see kind of a rapid change in temperatures, like we did a couple of weeks ago, all of that water begins to melt and run into the rivers, which ultimately feed into the Mississippi,' Abbott said. Nine counties along the Mississippi River were under flood warnings as of Thursday morning. 'We still expect to see major flooding occur until Friday evening before it dips down into the moderate flood stage,' Abbott said. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph after midnight. The flood reached the third-highest level since recordkeeping began in 1874. Scattered rain and snow showers before 1am, then a slight chance of snow showers between 1am and 3am. The river stood at about 16 feet as of Thursday morning, according to Kate Abbott, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service-La Crosse station. Peak flooding will move southward as conditions ease over the weekend. The Mississippi River crested in La Crosse on Thursday. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership events, visit. Go to the Viterbo Ethics Facebook page to view the presentation. He earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin. He strives to infuse the latest research and technology in the weather forecast process for the staff of 15 meteorologists watching over the Upper Mississippi Valley.

#National weather service la crosse series

Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership’s fall lectures series and the annual Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium.īaumgardt has been the lead scientist at the National Weather Service in La Crosse for the past 25 years. The presentation is part of the Viterbo D.B. – National Weather Service science and operations officer Dan Baumgardt will present “The Disturbing Recent Heavy Precipitation Trend Across Parts of the Midwest” from 10–11 a.m. Contact Rick Kyte at 60 or or Jill Miller at 60 or WEATHER SERVICE SCIENCE AND OPERATIONS OFFICER TO PRESENT “THE DISTURBING RECENT HEAVY PRECIPITATION TREND ACROSS PARTS OF THE MIDWEST” ON FACEBOOK LIVE NOV.