As you can see by my time stamp, it's 6:05 in the morning, and it ain't raining here.
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As you can see by my time stamp, it's 6:05 in the morning, and it ain't raining here.
Yeah it's also mid to upper 60s currently, temp wise a dew point at 65 is 95% humidity.
“Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli”
It was unreal. We were going to go Friday/Saturday on way back from Black Hills(not one drop of rain there for 5 days). Looked at track yesterday afternoon on the way back thru if was crazy. Lady at the c store in Brandon said it was way down from the day before. Can't imagine what it looked like Friday because all the grounds and track were completely underwater at 5PM yesterday.
They are switching to boat racing.
Saylorville rise now forecast by the Corps Of Engineers to rise 37 feet to over 875ft, between today and the 5th.
Spillway 884, pneumatic gates can lift that to 890.
Spillway 884, pneumatic gates can lift that to 890.
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The whole world is in a heat wave. They've been breaking records all over the place.
Anyone along the Little Sioux is in for it as water makes its way down from Spencer.
Linn Grove hit almost 30' (record was 24.1') in the last hour.
Cherokee is close to a record, if not over -- no observations in the last 12+ hours.
Correctionville is at 26' now, on its way to 31'+ tomorrow. Record is 29.3', back in 1891. For those familiar with the area, the L36 (county road) bridge going north out of town is overtopped at 26' -- the current reading.
Linn Grove hit almost 30' (record was 24.1') in the last hour.
Cherokee is close to a record, if not over -- no observations in the last 12+ hours.
Correctionville is at 26' now, on its way to 31'+ tomorrow. Record is 29.3', back in 1891. For those familiar with the area, the L36 (county road) bridge going north out of town is overtopped at 26' -- the current reading.
Bad link on my end. The worst flooded rivers up there drain to the Missouri, good for us but not for people down stream along the border.
JFC, I was up their yesterday ripping out carpet in my parents basement, they live in Spirit Lake. Its not pretty up there.
One thing about Husets that is really cool is when you are down in the infield it has a football stadium feel to it. By that I mean the grandstands are so big and up on the hill that when you are standing in the infield it made me feel like I was back in a big time football stadium.
Is that why there is a flash flood warning for Blue Earth right now? Seemed odd this morning since it isn’t raining.
Simply put... we have to avoid the major rain complex in the upper portion of the Des Moines River basin in the next two weeks. Otherwise, Des Moines and points downstream towards Red Rock will see flooding.
Saylorville will be 7' from the spillway through the holiday weekend and won't be able to absorb too much more.
It runs north, emptying into the Minnesota River, which is good news for north central IA
