Minnesota Spring Flood Outlook

The Spring Flood threat is below normal due to the lack of significant snowpack and prevailing dry soil conditions.

The National Weather Service Twin Cities office released its spring flood outlook last week.

The potential for Spring flooding will be mainly reliant on future rainfall events rather than current and recent conditions.

As of late February, there is below average snow water equivalent in the remaining snowpack.

Forecasters at the La Crosse NWS, note the overall Spring Flood Outlook across the Driftless Region is below normal for most, near-normal for Trempealeau and Black Rivers.

A near- to below-normal snowpack for this time of year is the primary reason for the below-normal probability.

Other factors that reinforce a lower chance of spring flooding are: soil moisture is near- to below-normal and abnormally dry to moderate drought conditions are present in the upper reaches of the Upper Mississippi River drainage basin.

The next Planned Outlook Update is Thursday, March 12^th.