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Flood Warning
URGENT National Weather Service Bulletin - Until 4pm Tue
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WGUS43 KMPX 031619
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1119 AM CDT FRI SEP 3 2010
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...
REDWOOD RIVER NEAR REDWOOD FALLS AFFECTING REDWOOD COUNTY
MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND
NICOLLET COUNTIES
.HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED IN THE UPPER MINNESOTA...COTTOWWOOD AND REDWOOD
FALLS RIVER BASIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGED BETWEEN 2.5 TO 4 INCHES WITH SEVERAL
LOCATIONS RECEIVING AROUND 5 INCHES. THIS RAIN WILL LEAD TO
RISES ON BOTH THE REDWOOD FALLS RIVER AS WELL AS THE MINNESOTA.
FOR THE REDWOOD FALLS RIVER AT REDWOOD FALLS...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON SATURDAY. FOR THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW
ULM...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE WEEKEND LOOKS DRY...HOWEVER WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER SYSTEM TO
IMPACT THE AREA ON MONDAY. AT THIS POINT...THE MAIN FOCUS FOR RAIN
WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA. SO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE
REDWOOD FALLS AND UPPER MINNESOTA BASINS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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.
&&
MNC127-042219-
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/RWDM5.1.ER.100904T1851Z.100906T0600Z.100909T2100Z.NO/
1119 AM CDT FRI SEP 3 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE REDWOOD RIVER NEAR REDWOOD FALLS.
* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10.
* AT 7:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 8.3 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE
RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.3 FEET
ON MAR 31 2002.
$$
MNC013-015-103-042219-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0032.100908T0200Z-000000T0000Z/
/NULM5.1.ER.100908T0200Z.100909T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1119 AM CDT FRI SEP 3 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM.
* FROM TUESDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 7:25 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 790.3 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 796.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 797.5 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 797.6
FEET ON MAR 19 1971.
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