Sheriff has notified us that at 6:00pm on Saturday (4/16/11) The Island road will be closed until water receeds. Please make appropriate plans and be safe .
here is latest fron Weather service
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1115 AM CDT THU APR 14 2011
…UPDATE ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODING…
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS FINALLY NEARING ITS CREST. THE LATEST
OBSERVATIONS AROUND THE LAKE CITY AND WABASHA AREA INDICATE THAT
THE RIVER IS VERY NEAR ITS CREST IN THOSE LOCATIONS. AND FURTHER
UPSTREAM…THE RIVER IS NOW FALLING SLOWLY AT HASTINGS…AND IS
AT THE CREST AROUND RED WING.
WHILE THE CREST IS NOW ALMOST HERE…WE CANNOT LET OUR GUARD
DOWN YET. WE ARE STILL MONITORING RAIN POTENTIAL FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. RAIN AMOUNTS OF
A HALF-INCH TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY AROUND THE
REGION…WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IF RAINFALL IS
HEAVIER THAN ANTICIPATED…WATER LEVELS MAY END UP GOING JUST A
LITTLE HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO REMAIN WATCHFUL OF FUTURE PRECIPITATION IN
THE COMING WEEKS. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN HIGH OR ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
COULD SEND WATER LEVELS BACK UP AGAIN.
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GUTTENBERG DAM 10.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST…THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE A SLOW RISE TO A CREST NEAR
19.5 FEET BY MONDAY APRIL 18TH.
* IMPACT…AT 19.0 FEET…THE WATER IS OVER ISLAND ROAD.