Little risk of overland flooding at this point from Cypress Hills melt: Alberta Environment
MEDICINE HAT, AB — At this point, overland flooding is not expected in Cypress County.
For the past week in the Municipal District of Taber, overland flooding from a rapid snow melt has resulted in several road closures, household evacuations and a local state of emergency in the town of Taber.
Colleen Walford, river forecasting engineer with Alberta Environment and Parks, says the most recent surveys show snow pack level in the Cypress Hills shows that it is lower than average for this time of the year. Walford says the snow pack level in the hills was measured between 50 and 105 millimetres of snow water equivalent at the beginning of the month.