Mississippi River Ice Jam Flooding, Champlin MN – 1/14/2020

B-Roll footage of the major ice jam on the Mississippi River on the north side of the Twin Cities metro area. The first part of the video was shot in Champlin, MN at Mississippi Point Park and the second part of the video was shot in Brooklyn Center, MN at the Coon Rapids Dam in the Mississippi Gateway Regional Park.

Footage show the huge area of ice backed up from the dam for several miles to highway 169 in Champlin. Various B-Roll shots tripoded and free hand of the flooding and ice covered flooded areas.

The main concern now is how high the water is and what will this weeks back to back storms due to the river levels.
Shot Description

Clip 1 Sign covered in ice and flooding for the Mississippi Point Park.

Clip 2 Overview shot of the parking area for Mississippi Point Park that is now flooded and covered in ice.

Clip 3 Shot of the sign for the Elm Creek Dam at Mill Pond where it flows into the Mississippi River in Champlin.

Clip 4 Mill Creek flowing into the Mississippi River in the parking lot of the park.

Clip 5 Flooded walkway and steps.

Clip 6 Tight shot of ice on the bars of the walkway.

Clip 7 Wide shot of the parking area flooded with a warning sign in the distance.

Clip 8 – 9 Medium shot of the warning sign and the flooding.

Clip 10 Close up tight shot of the warning sign.

Clip 11 Close up shot of the ice surrounding a tree.

Clip 12 Close up shot of the boat launch sign in the flooding and ice.

Clip 13 Very close up shot of the warning sign about the Coon Rapids Dam.

Clip 14 Wide side shot of the stairs to the parking area and the flooding.

Clip 15 Tight side shot of the parking area and the flooding.

Clip 16 Flooded lot

Clip 17 Park Charcoal Grill in the ice and flooding.

Clip 18 Park picnic bench covered in ice and flood waters.

Clip 19 Sign warning of the parking for boat trailers and vehicles only with ice jam behind the shot.

Clip 20 Tight shot of the sign about trailers.

Clip 21 Side shot looking up the Mississippi at the Highway 169 bridge and the ice jam with the Mississippi Point Park sign in the foreground.

Clip 22 Ice jam with houses across the river in the distance.

Clip 23 Wide shot of the ice jam with a Handicap Parking Sign in the flooding and ice.

Clip 24-25 Ice jam on the Mississippi with house in the distance across the river.

Clip 26 Geese in a unfrozen pool in the parking lot with ice around them.

Clip 27 Ice jam with a tight shot of the Highway 169 Bridge.

*** Following clips are from Brooklyn Center, MN at the Coon Rapids Dam ***

Clip 28 -38 Various clips of the ice jam and water flowing over the Coon Rapids Dam.

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