{"id":129,"date":"2014-04-13T10:22:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T14:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gull-and-silver-lakes.ca\/gslra\/?p=129"},"modified":"2014-04-13T10:22:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T14:22:55","slug":"mnr-issues-flood-warning-for-parry-sound-muskoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gullsilverlakes.ca\/gslra\/2014\/04\/mnr-issues-flood-warning-for-parry-sound-muskoka\/","title":{"rendered":"MNR Issues Flood Warning for Parry Sound – Muskoka"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following was Issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ministry of Natural Resources -Click here to enter text. Parry Sound District is advising residents within flood-prone locations that a\u00c2\u00a0Flood Warning<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>is in effect as\u00c2\u00a0flooding is imminent<\/strong>. Residents affected by flooding in past years are advised to take immediate action to secure or protect property in advance of river flows and lake levels rising to flood levels.<\/p>\n

Those residents that have evacuated their homes in past years due to flooding may wish to make similar preparations at this time as rising water levels will hinder, limit or prevent the ability to evacuate as driveways and roads in lower-lying locations become impassible.<\/p>\n

All residents in close proximity to local rivers are advised to keep a close watch on conditions, regularly check for updated messages and exercise caution as river flows and levels rise.<\/p>\n

MNR continues to monitor weather conditions and flows and water levels. Further updates to this\u00c2\u00a0Flood Warning<\/em><\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0will be issued as conditions change.<\/p>\n

TECHNICAL INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description of Weather System
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The current forecast is calling for\u00c2\u00a045mm or more precipitation<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0beginning the evening of\u00c2\u00a0Saturday April 12th through Monday April 14th. The forecast through to\u00c2\u00a0next Monday\u00c2\u00a0is for daytime high temperatures up to 16 degrees Celsius with near freezing nighttime temperatures.<\/p>\n

Description of Current Conditions
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The water content within the existing snow pack throughout local watersheds continues to be greater than the normal or historical average for early April. Forecasted temperatures and rainfall will\u00c2\u00a0significantly<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0accelerate the melt of the snow pack Saturday throughMonday. It is expected that the melting of the snow pack and rainfall amounts will significantly increase the amount of runoff into local rivers and lakes.
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Expiry Date:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>This message will expire\u00c2\u00a0Wednesday April 16, 2014;\u00c2\u00a012:00 pm<\/p>\n

Terminology: Notification Levels
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WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT – FLOOD OUTLOOK: gives early notice of the potential for flooding based on weather forecasts calling for heavy rain, snow melt, high winds or other conditions<\/p>\n

WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT \u00e2\u20ac\u201c WATER SAFETY: indicates that high flows, melting ice or other factors could be dangerous for such users as boaters, anglers and swimmers but flooding is not expected.<\/p>\n

FLOOD WATCH: potential for flooding exists within specific watercourses and municipalities<\/p>\n

**\u00c2\u00a0FLOOD WARNING<\/em>: flooding is imminent or occurring within specific watercourses and municipalities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contact Information
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For more information please contact<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

First Nation and Municipalities please contact:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0705-646-5531<\/a>
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Other Inquiries please contact:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0705-646-5509<\/a><\/p>\n

A close watch on local conditions and weather forecasts from Environment Canada is recommended. Environment Canada bulletins can be found at\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Surface Water Monitoring Centre public webpage can be found here:\u00c2\u00a0www.ontario.ca\/flood<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following was Issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. The Ministry of Natural Resources -Click here to enter text. Parry Sound District is advising residents within flood-prone locations that a\u00c2\u00a0Flood Warning\u00c2\u00a0is in effect as\u00c2\u00a0flooding is imminent. Residents affected by flooding in past years are advised to … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-warnings","category-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gullsilverlakes.ca\/gslra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gullsilverlakes.ca\/gslra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gullsilverlakes.ca\/gslra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gullsilverlakes.ca\/gslra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gullsilverlakes.ca\/gslra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gullsilverlakes.ca\/gslra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gullsilverlakes.ca\/gslra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gullsilverlakes.ca\/gslra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gullsilverlakes.ca\/gslra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}