THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...
MINNESOTA RIVER AT GRANITE FALLS AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...RENVILLE AND
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT SHAKOPEE AFFECTING CARVER...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT
COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST PAUL AFFECTING DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MISSING RED WING L/D 3 AFFECTING DAKOTA...GOODHUE
AND PIERCE COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED WING AFFECTING DAKOTA...GOODHUE AND PIERCE
COUNTIES
COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND
NICOLLET COUNTIES
REDWOOD RIVER NEAR REDWOOD FALLS AFFECTING REDWOOD COUNTY
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN..
MINNESOTA RIVER AT MONTEVIDEO AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI
PARLE...RENVILLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND
NICOLLET COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO AFFECTING BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET
COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT HENDERSON AFFECTING LE SUEUR...SCOTT AND SIBLEY
COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR JORDAN AFFECTING CARVER AND SCOTT COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE AFFECTING DAKOTA...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT
COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HASTINGS L/D 2 AFFECTING DAKOTA...
WASHINGTON AND PIERCE COUNTIES
ST CROIX RIVER AT STILLWATER AFFECTING WASHINGTON...PIERCE AND ST.
CROIX COUNTIES
CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD MN AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES
SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY
SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO MN AFFECTING WRIGHT COUNTY
SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD AFFECTING STEARNS COUNTY
LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE AFFECTING TODD COUNTY
.DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING THEN
A SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN TO
OUR SOUTH...HOWEVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
WILL SEE LIGHT ACTIVITY. AMOUNTS WOULD BE ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR
LESS.
A CHALLENGE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS THE PRECIPITATION TYPE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BORDERLINE SUCH IT WILL LIKELY START AS
RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW.
FOR LOCATIONS IN MIDDLE AND UPPER MINNESOTA BASINS THAT STILL HAVE
A SNOWPACK...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A BE CRITICAL FACTOR.
HIGHS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE COOLER IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S.
LOWS ALL THREE NIGHTS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. HENCE THE
MELTING OF THE SNOW PACK MAY SLOW DOWN SOME WITH THE COOLER
TEMPERATURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.
MNC037-053-139-192337-
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1238 PM CDT THU MAR 18 2010
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE.
* AT 11:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 700.6 FEET.
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 702.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW MARCH 19TH AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 712.4 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 24TH.
ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE.
* IMPACT...AT 712.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO BACK UP THE CREDIT RIVER
AND BLOCK THE HIGHWAY 101 FRONTAGE ROAD.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS LEVEL COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 713.7
FEET ON JUN 26 1993.
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