Flooding....

[DitchPanda]

We are experiencing some pretty serious flooding in my area right now..this week alone we have had anywhere between 8-16in of rain here and north of me. The river that runs thru town was already full and has now blown its banks. It is supposed to crest tomorrow into Monday morning at a new record high..flood stage here is 20.5 ft and it is supposed to get over 37. There are several houses in town that will receive serious water damage not to mention thousands upon thousands of acres of crops....and on a minor yet crappy note my local lake which was fishing better this year than the previous 3-4 years is bordered by the river and will likely get blown out.

[gim]

Those very storms were supposed to fall here too and that never materialized. It all went south of me. Southern MN is also in a flood stage. I have received about 5 inches of rain the past 6 days but nothing like the monsoon just to the south.

 

Northern MN got smoked earlier this week. Several towns are completely flooded.

 

The pattern is not supposed to change anytime soon either. All of these storms are riding the northern portion of the heat dome to the south that most of the country is baking in.

[Catt]

Fun huh! 😉

 

We have been dealing with heavy rains, which means Toledo Bend has all 11 flood control gates open flowing down south. Tropical storm Alberto is pushing a storm surge north stopping the southern flow.

 

We stuck in the middle!

 

Be safe 🙏 

 

[gim]

@DitchPanda is the river you’re referring to the Big Sioux River?

[N Florida Mike]

Meanwhile in N Florida: We are in severe drought stage. My lake is so low some of the newer residents are wondering if the lake’s gonna dry up !  I told them I’ve seen worse a few times. 
It does appear to be changing. It’s rained the last 4 days for about 1/2 inch total … Before that we didn’t have any rain for at least a month …

[VolFan]

I don’t think it’s rained in Charlotte for two weeks, and the temps are in the 90s. Small problems compared to S Florida and Minnesota 

[DitchPanda]

4 hours ago, gimruis said:

@DitchPanda is the river you’re referring to the Big Sioux River?

Yes it is. Since I posted our Mayor has issued a mandatory evacuation for the west side of town and our water treatment plant is shut down because its under water. Kim Reynolds had declared a state of emergency for our county. And last but not least the prediction of 37.1ft crest was wrong, it has been raised to 39.1ft and they've sent out a new flood map with an area highlighted in red which is the danger zone if the levee around town breaks.

[gim]

@DitchPanda I travel to Sioux Falls several times a year for work so I see that river further upstream from you. It was very low when I was last there in mid March. The golf course near my hotel was already watering with sprinklers if you can believe that.

[DitchPanda]

Yes I can. I wade fish that river and last fall it was barely up to my knees in most spots....now its on main street in my home town.

We had a "once every 100 years" flood in 2018....the next year we had the "ok this is the once every 100 years" flood...now this is even worse.

 

[TnRiver46]

I’d take a drought instead 

 

my buddy was in the boundary waters last week and it rained 7 inches in 8 hours, said he slept in a puddle . The video he sent me of a flooded river was absolutely crazy 

[DitchPanda]

Well it turned out much worse than predicted. The previous record flood crest was 35.4ft and yesterday we peaked at 39.9. There's water everywhere.... In the daycare, library, grocery store,tons of homes ...my brother in law has an old creek bed in his backyard from when they rerouted it around town and there's probably 6-8ft water in it. I'm gonna call my supervisor and let him know I won't be in for a few days....I'm not driving 200+ miles a day to work. My buddy Tom just went text me that he doesn't have flood insurance because he's not in a flood plain and his house got hit.

[gim]

On 6/22/2024 at 6:36 PM, TnRiver46 said:

my buddy was in the boundary waters last week and it rained 7 inches in 8 hours, said he slept in a puddle .

 

I had a co worker there the week before last.  He said it rained but nothing like the monsoon that occured the week after (which is the week you're referring to).

 

He said the bugs were biblical from all the rain.

 

[DitchPanda]

46 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

I had a co worker there the week before last.  He said it rained but nothing like the monsoon that occured the week after (which is the week you're referring to).

 

He said the bugs were biblical from all the rain.

 

This I believe is in my very near future. Gonna be a bug apocalypse here, my town will be like Hitchcock's The Birds but with mosquitos.

[gim]

There is a dam near Mankato, MN that has partially failed.  There was so much debris piled up that the water found a way around.  This looks like NOAH and the Ark type stuff.  The story is below, and the second link is a live feed.  Rapidan Dam is 100 years old and they are saying the whole thing could fail at any time.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/rapidan-dam-fails-evacuation-blue-earth-county/

 

https://www.keyc.com/livestream/