Based on the information below and the most recent NWS forecast this morning Minnesota River levels at Henderson should stay steady for the next couple days and then start dropping a little bit into early next week. Current Minnesota River reading level at the Highway 19 bridge at 10 AM was about 737.6 feet above sea level. Levels at Mankato have been steady around 25.4 feet the past 24 hours.


FROM NWS: UNCERTAINTY REMAINS TO HOW MUCH OF THE RUNOFF GOING INTO RIVERS WILL
REFREEZE WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES PERSISTING THROUGH THURSDAY.
LOW TEMPERATURES THROUGH TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL WELL BELOW
FREEZING AT NIGHT. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER
TO MID 30S. THUS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM ANY SNOWMELT IS EXPECTED.

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1028 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT HENDERSON.
* AT 9:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 737.6 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 732.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 737.7 FEET BY
THIS EVENING THEN BEGIN FALLING.
* IMPACT...AT 737.0 FEET...HIGHWAY 99 EAST OF ST PETER IS CLOSED
(ESTIMATED LEVELS FOR SPRING FLOODING)
* IMPACT...AT 736.8 FEET...HIGHWAY 22 EAST OF ST PETER CLOSED
(ESTIMATED LEVELS FOR SPRING FLOODING)
* IMPACT...AT 734.0 FEET...THE FLOODWALL GATES ARE CLOSED.
* IMPACT...AT 733.7 FEET...HIGHWAY 93 MAY BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
SOUTH OF HENDERSON AND NORTH OF US 169.
* IMPACT...AT 733.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS ENCROACHING ON HIGHWAY 93
SOUTH OF HENDERSON AND NORTH OF US 169.
* IMPACT...AT 732.5 FEET...WATER BEGINS ENCROACHING ON HIGHWAY 19 EAST
OF HENDERSON.
* IMPACT...AT 732.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS IMPACTING RESIDENCES AND
AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS NORTH AND SOUTH OF HENDERSON.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 737.6
FEET ON MAR 22 2010.

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Forecast Data:
|Date(UTC)| |Stage| |--Flow-|
03/27 1:00 PM 737.6ft 68.9kcfs
03/27 7:00 PM 737.7ft 70.1kcfs
03/28 1:00 AM 737.7ft 70.1kcfs
03/28 7:00 AM 737.7ft 70.1kcfs
03/28 1:00 PM 737.7ft 70.1kcfs
03/28 7:00 PM 737.7ft 70.1kcfs
03/29 1:00 AM 737.6ft 68.9kcfs
03/29 7:00 AM 737.6ft 68.9kcfs
03/29 1:00 PM 737.6ft 68.9kcfs
03/29 7:00 PM 737.5ft 67.6kcfs
03/30 06:00 737.4ft 66.4kcfs
03/30 12:00 737.3ft 65.2kcfs
03/30 18:00 737.2ft 64kcfs
03/31 00:00 737.1ft 62.8kcfs
03/31 06:00 737ft 61.6kcfs
03/31 12:00 736.9ft 60.5kcfs
03/31 18:00 736.8ft 59.5kcfs
04/01 00:00 736.6ft 57.7kcfs
04/01 06:00 736.5ft 56.8kcfs
04/01 12:00 736.4ft 55.9kcfs
04/01 18:00 736.3ft 55.1kcfs
04/02 00:00 736.2ft 54.3kcfs
04/02 06:00 736ft 52.6kcfs
04/02 12:00 735.9ft 51.8kcfs
04/02 18:00 735.8ft 51kcfs
04/03 00:00 735.7ft 50.3kcfs
04/03 06:00 735.6ft 49.5kcfs
04/03 12:00 735.5ft 48.7kcfs