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Spring 2019 flooding in Minnesota

Springtime in Minnesota means melting snow and eyes on the rivers. MPR News reporters follow flood threats across the state. | River forecasts | Road closures | How are you preparing?

Snow tubes, stream gauges and satellites: How do experts forecast floods?

Snow tubes, stream gauges and satellites: How do experts forecast floods?

The National Weather Service is predicting a higher-than-usual risk of flooding this spring, thanks to the winter's heavy snowfall. But how does a flood outlook come together? It takes lots of agencies, lots of researchers, lots of data -- and time.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Thanks to heavy winter snows, possibility of flooding increases across Minnesota

Thanks to heavy winter snows, possibility of flooding increases across Minnesota

National Weather Service forecasters said Thursday the threat for major spring flooding is increasing across the state. But much depends on how fast the snow melts.
by Dan Gunderson and Associated Press

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Digging deep to predict spring floods

Digging deep to predict spring floods

A wide-ranging sampling of the snowpack around the region started Monday morning, which will provide the National Weather Service and other weather observers with key information as they determine whether record snowfalls around the region will turn into spring floods.
by Tim Nelson

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All that February snow spells higher spring flood risk

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued its initial spring flood outlook for the Minnesota, Upper Mississippi, and western Wisconsin river basins, showing a higher than usual flood potential.
by Cathy Wurzer

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