Dakota County

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Alerts covering all or part of Dakota County.

No active alerts in Dakota County. Checked 28 sec ago.

Outlook for the days ahead

• Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 2: General Thunderstorms Risk until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
• Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 1: no risk area over Dakota County until Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 1: no risk area over Dakota County until Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 2: no risk area over Dakota County until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Severe Thunderstorm Outlook, Day 3: no risk area over Dakota County until Oct 5, 12:00 PM UTC · Storm Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 3: no risk area over Dakota County until Oct 4, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 4: no risk area over Dakota County until Oct 6, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Excessive Rainfall Outlook, Day 5: no risk area over Dakota County until Oct 7, 12:00 PM UTC · Weather Prediction Center

Rainfall forecast

• Day 1 (24 hours): no measurable rain forecast in Dakota County issued Oct 2, 5:41 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Days 1–3 (72 hours): highest in Dakota County, 0.01 to 0.1 inches issued Oct 2, 5:53 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center
• Days 1–7: highest in Dakota County, 0.01 to 0.1 inches issued Oct 2, 5:54 AM UTC · Weather Prediction Center

River gauges

• Cannon River at 9th St Bridge in Cannon Falls
  NowFlood stages not defined8.61 ftOct 2, 2:05 AM CDT
• Cannon River at Northfield
  NowNo flooding891.02 ftOct 2, 1:45 AM CDT
• Chub Creek at Hwy 47 near Randolph 3W
  NowFlood stages not defined5.56 ftOct 2, 1:30 AM CDT
• Minnesota River at Fort Snelling State Park
  NowFlood stages not defined687.27 ftOct 2, 2:15 AM CDT
• Minnesota River at Savage
  NowNo flooding688.13 ftOct 2, 2:00 AM CDTForecastNo flooding688.2 ftOct 2, 7:00 AM CDT
• Mississippi River at South St. Paul - Pool 2
  NowFlood stages not defined687.21 ftOct 2, 1:30 AM CDT
• Pine Creek (MN) near Cannon Falls 2NW
  NowFlood stages not defined865.51 ftOct 2, 1:45 AM CDT
• Vermillion River near Empire
  NowFlood stages not defined1.98 ftOct 2, 1:15 AM CDT