The province provided an update late Wednesday afternoon on flooding and flood watches and warnings in the Southern part of Alberta.
No mention was made of the Red Deer River Basin as an area of concern.
Evan Friesenhan of Alberta Environment said Tuesday night’s storm centered in a section over the Waterton Lakes area, with amounts of up to 170 mm of rain, but in a small area.
Friesenhan said the upper Waterton basin received about 100 mm rainfall.
He stated the Oldman river basin has experienced sewer back up flooding and overland flooding in a number of areas.
River related flooding has also occurred in spots along the Crowsnest River.
Friesenhan said current predictions have the Oldman River, which is still rising, peaking at 1800 cubic metres per second in Lethbridge Friday afternoon, and the South Sasketchewan peaking in Medicine Hat Saturday morning.
As of 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, Flood Warnings were in effect for the South Saskatchewan, Waterton (including Waterton Lake), Belly Rivers, Willow Creek and tributaries of the Crowsnest River.
The remaining streams in the Oldman Basin are considered on flood watch .
A flood watch remains in effect for the Little Red Deer River, and a high stream flow advisory is in effect for rivers in the Bow and Milk River basins.
A local state of emergency had been declared in nine communities in Southern Alberta as of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
