Strong rainfall reports around Medicine Hat, with warning remaining on Monday

Officials warn water may pool on roads and in low-lying areas, creating hazardous travel conditions.

Motorists are being urged not to drive through flooded roadways and to watch for possible washouts near rivers, creeks and culverts.

Residents are also encouraged to monitor river conditions and road reports as the weather system moves through the region.

The flow rate and water levels on the South Saskatchewan River at Medicine Hat have both increased significantly since early Friday afternoon, according to rivers.alberta.ca.

It was sitting at 137 cubic metres per second as of 2:40 p.m. on May 29, before it started a sharp increase.

As of Monday at 3 a.m., the flow rate was up to 568 cubic metres per second, more than four times the rate it was moving on Friday.

The water level on Friday at 2:55 p.m. was at 2.34 metres; it has now increased to 3.71 metres as of Monday at 3 a.m.

The highest level in the past year for both. It’s just slightly above the 3.46 metres mark observed on July 25, 2025, when the flow rate was at 479 cubic metres per second.

On the Seven Person Creek in Medicine Hat, the flow rate and water level peaked early Monday, just after midnight. It reached 4.34 cubic metres per second and 1.16 metres before starting to diminish. Those levels jumped from a flow rate of 0.28 cubic metres per second and a water level of 0.51 metres on Saturday afternoon.

Ross Creek near Highway 41 also had a large increase in both flow rate and water level. It went from 0.04 cubic metres per second and a water level of 2.23 metres on Saturday afternoon to a peak of 0.46 cubic metres per second and a water level of 2.4 metres on late Sunday afternoon.

Rainfall in Medicine Hat began on Saturday shortly after 4 p.m. and has totalled 64.39 mm by 7 a.m. on Monday.

Rainfall totals around the area as of 7 a.m. on Monday had Irvine leading the way with 74.9 mm, Elkwater has 73.70 mm, south of Suffield is at 61.1 mm, One Four has received 60.33 mm, Manyberries shows 58.60 mm, Seven Persons has received 56.4 mm, Schuler is at 52.9 mm, Etzikom and Bull Springs both shows 46.8 mm, Foremost is at 44.7 mm, Grassy Lake shows 43.1 mm, south of Bow Island is at 43.2 mm, Brooks had 39.08 mm, and Rolling Hills is at 35.9 mm.

by Jesse Gill

Strong rainfall reports around Medicine Hat, with warning remaining on Monday

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