Alert archive / Minnesota / Flood Watches in 2007
Flood Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this flood watch at Mar 30, 2007, 4:12 AM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 30, 2007, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2007, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2007, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2007, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
All 42 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS63 KMPX 300912 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 412 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .A SLOW MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WILL ADVANCE EAST OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY SUNDAY MORNING. A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE MIDWEST BACK INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS FRONT WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SOME OF HEAVIER STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE LATEST PROJECTED RAINFALL ESTIMATES COULD EXCEED TWO INCHES BY SUNDAY MORNING. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ANY ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS PLANS. IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR OR BECOMES IMMINENT...MAKE SURE THAT YOU MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-301715- /O.NEW.KMPX.FA.A.0001.070330T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 412 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI... MCLEOD...MEEKER...MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY... STEARNS...TODD AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA... CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC... MILLE LACS...RAMSEY...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA... DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE...POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH SOME OF STRONGER STORMS. ANY RUNOFF FROM THE EXPECTED RAINFALL WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL THAT ALREADY EXISTS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WGUS63 KMPX 301721 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1221 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...SECOND DOSE OF PROLONGED RAINFALL FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ANTIC PATED LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS PRODUCED THREE QUARTERS TO OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN SINCE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AS THE SYSTEM WEAKENS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...A RESPITE IN RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA AND LAST INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. A SECOND AND MORE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE IN A SIMILAR TRACK NORTHWARDS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY MORNING. WITH THIS FEATURE WILL COME WIDESPREAD RAIN BY LATE TONIGHT OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SPREADING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES TRAINING ALONG THE SAME AREAS. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH WILL ALSO FURTHER ENHANCE RAINFALL RATES WHERE THEY OCCUR. MODERATE RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL LOWLAND FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BUT AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE MOST WIDESPREAD PERSISTENT RAIN WILL BE CONFINED TO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES THIS MORNING. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS PLANS. IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR OR BECOMES IMMINENT...MAKE SURE THAT YOU MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-310115- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1221 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER... MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...TODD AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY... SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE... POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * RAIN WILL DWINDLE IN COVERAGE BY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD RAIN IS ANTICIPATED AGAIN BY LATE TONIGHT OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SPREADING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES TRAINING ALONG THE SAME AREAS. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH WILL ALSO FURTHER ENHANCE RAINFALL RATES WHERE THEY OCCUR. MODERATE RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL LOWLAND FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BUT AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE MOST WIDESPREAD PERSISTENT RAIN WILL BE CONFINED TO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. * SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES THIS MORNING. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ MTF
000 WGUS63 KMPX 301724 CCA FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1221 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...SECOND DOSE OF PROLONGED RAINFALL FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ANTICIPATED LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS PRODUCED THREE QUARTERS TO OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN SINCE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AS THE SYSTEM WEAKENS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...A RESPITE IN RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA AND LAST INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. A SECOND AND MORE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE IN A SIMILAR TRACK NORTHWARDS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY MORNING. WITH THIS FEATURE WILL COME WIDESPREAD RAIN BY LATE TONIGHT OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SPREADING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES TRAINING ALONG THE SAME AREAS. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH WILL ALSO FURTHER ENHANCE RAINFALL RATES WHERE THEY OCCUR. MODERATE RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL LOWLAND FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BUT AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE MOST WIDESPREAD PERSISTENT RAIN WILL BE CONFINED TO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES THIS MORNING. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS PLANS. IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR OR BECOMES IMMINENT...MAKE SURE THAT YOU MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-310115- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1221 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER... MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...TODD AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY... SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE... POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * RAIN WILL DWINDLE IN COVERAGE BY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD RAIN IS ANTICIPATED AGAIN BY LATE TONIGHT OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SPREADING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES TRAINING ALONG THE SAME AREAS. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH WILL ALSO FURTHER ENHANCE RAINFALL RATES WHERE THEY OCCUR. MODERATE RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL LOWLAND FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BUT AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE MOST WIDESPREAD PERSISTENT RAIN WILL BE CONFINED TO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. * SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES THIS MORNING. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ MTF
000 WGUS63 KMPX 310134 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 834 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...SECOND DOSE OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... .SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS ENDED TEMPORARILY OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH SINCE SHORTLY AFTER NOON. AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING OVER FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AS A SECOND STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES NORTH...NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY AS IT SPREADS OVER THE REST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. AREAS MOST PRONE TO PROLONGED RAIN WILL BE OVER WEST CENTRAL OR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. MODERATE RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL LOWLAND FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING...BUT AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE MOST WIDESPREAD PERSISTENT RAIN WILL BE CONFINED TO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS PLANS. IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR OR BECOMES IMMINENT...MAKE SURE THAT YOU MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-310945- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 834 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER... MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...TODD AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY... SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE... POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * ISOLATED SHOWERS AND AREAS OF DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD RAIN IS ANTICIPATED AGAIN BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING OVER FAR SOUTHERN OR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE RAIN WILL SPREADING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES TRAINING ALONG THE SAME AREAS. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH WILL ALSO FURTHER ENHANCE RAINFALL RATES WHERE THEY OCCUR. AREAS MOST PRONE TO PROLONGED RAIN WILL MOST LIKELY BE OVER SOUTHWEST OR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. * SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ JPR
000 WGUS63 KMPX 310945 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 445 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .RAINFALL WILL RESUME OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE MORNING AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES NORTH FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT...NAMELY OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. THOUGH THE RAIN MAY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON...CONTINUED ACCUMULATIONS UNDER RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO TWO INCHES SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. RIVER FLOODING THAT DOES OCCUR WILL LIKELY LAST INTO NEXT WEEK. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS PLANS. IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR OR BECOMES IMMINENT...MAKE SURE THAT YOU MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-311745- /O.EXT.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 445 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER... MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...TODD AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY... SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE... POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * RAINFALL WILL RESUME OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE MORNING AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES NORTH FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT...NAMELY OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. THOUGH THE RAIN MAY NOT BE AS WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON...CONTINUED ACCUMULATIONS UNDER RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO TWO INCHES SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO THREE DAY RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. * SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. RIVER FLOODING THAT DOES OCCUR WILL LIKELY LAST INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ MTF
000 WGUS63 KMPX 311708 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1208 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .RAINFALL RATES WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SHOWERS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MOVE NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE GROUND HAS THAWED OVER THE LAST WEEK...ALLOWING THE WATER TO PERCOLATE INTO THE SOIL. HOWEVER...THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS...SO AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL... COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER...PARTICULARLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. RIVER FLOODING THAT DOES OCCUR WILL LIKELY LAST INTO NEXT WEEK. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS PLANS. IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR OR BECOMES IMMINENT...MAKE SURE THAT YOU MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-010100- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 1208 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER... MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...TODD AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY... SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE... POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * RAINFALL RATES WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SHOWERS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MOVE NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE GROUND HAS THAWED OVER THE LAST WEEK...ALLOWING THE WATER TO PERCOLATE INTO THE SOIL. HOWEVER...THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS...SO AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL... COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER...PARTICULARLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. * SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. RIVER FLOODING THAT DOES OCCUR WILL LIKELY LAST INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ RJN
000 WGUS63 KMPX 010120 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 820 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... .WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED MOSTLY TO SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. WHILE MOST OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...IT APPEARS THAT WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MAY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE PERSISTENT RAINS. THE GROUND HAS THAWED OVER THE LAST WEEK...ALLOWING THE WATER TO PERCOLATE INTO THE SOIL. HOWEVER...THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MANY AREAS...SO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL... COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER...PARTICULARLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL LIKELY FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. RIVER FLOODING THAT DOES OCCUR WILL LIKELY LAST INTO NEXT WEEK. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS PLANS. IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR OR BECOMES IMMINENT...MAKE SURE THAT YOU MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-010930- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 820 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER... MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...TODD AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY... SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE... POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED MOSTLY TO SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. WHILE MOST OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...IT APPEARS THAT WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MAY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE PERSISTENT RAINS. * SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THESE AREAS OF MINNESOTA HAVE SHOWN RISES IN STAGES. BECAUSE THESE RIVERS WERE ALREADY HIGH FROM RAPID SNOW MELT EARLIER IN THE MONTH...MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL LIKELY FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. RIVER FLOODING THAT DOES OCCUR WILL LIKELY LAST INTO NEXT WEEK. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ JPR
000 WGUS63 KMPX 010903 FFAMPX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 403 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2007 ...RIVERS RISING OUT OF THEIR BANKS... .ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EARLY TODAY WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE...AND THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 AM. BE AWARE THAT FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR A NUMBER OF RIVER BASINS...INCLUDING THE LONG PRAIRIE RIVER...THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CROW RIVER...AND UPSTREAM PORTIONS OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-011200- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070401T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 403 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER... MORRISON...RENVILLE...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...TODD AND WRIGHT. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO... DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE LACS...RAMSEY... SCOTT AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BLUE EARTH...BROWN...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...LE SUEUR...MARTIN... NICOLLET...RICE...STEELE...WASECA AND WATONWAN. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GOODHUE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...REDWOOD. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...LAC QUI PARLE... POPE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. * UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EARLY TODAY WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE...AND THE FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 AM. BE AWARE THAT FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR A NUMBER OF RIVER BASINS...INCLUDING THE LONG PRAIRIE RIVER...THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CROW RIVER...AND UPSTREAM PORTIONS OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ RJN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Mar 30, 4:01 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 4:01 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
401 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007
.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERNS REMAIN MAINLY ON THE HYDRO SIDE OF THE HOUSE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING A COUPLE OF SHORT
WAVES ROTATING AROUND CLOSED LOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST. ONE WAVE
MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MN THIS MORNING. MOST MODELS MISSED
THIS INITIAL SHOT. BELIEVE IT WILL WORK INTO WESTERN WI THIS
MORNING AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN IN DRIER EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW.
ANOTHER WAVE LIFTING ACROSS MISSOURI/IA WITH LARGE RAIN SHIELD
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. THIS WILL WORK INTO MUCH OF THE CWA THROUGH
THE DAY. APPEARS COLDER AIR/CENTRAL MN BOUNDARY IS SAGGING SLOWLY
SOUTH. COLDER AIR IS MAKING SOME HEADWAY OVER THE CWA. THIS TREND
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT UNTIL NEXT SURGE/WAVE LIFTS NORTH.
MODELS THEN DIVERGE SOME ON TIMING AND EVENTUAL EJECTION OF UPPER
LOW WITH THE 00Z GFS FASTER THAN 00Z NAM WRF. WILL FOLLOW MORE OF
A SPC SREF SOLUTION WHICH IS SLOWER THAN THE GFS BUT TRACK OF
SURFACE LOW CLIPS SOUTHEAST MN/WEST CENTRAL WI FOR
SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT. IMPRESSIVE LIFT AND FORCING ASSOCIATED
WITH UPPER SYSTEM AS IT MOVES THROUGH. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER
VALUES AROUND 1.25 INCHES...WILL LIKELY SEE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL
ESPECIALLY DEVELOPING LATER SATURDAY NIGHT IN SOUTH CENTRAL MN
LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. BOTH GFS AND NAM INDICATE
STRONG 850 MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT ACROSS THE AREA. WILL BEGIN WITH
FLOOD WATCH OVER MN CWA TODAY THROUGH 06Z SUN. MAY HAVE TO ADJUST
FARTHER EAST LATER. WE HAD EFFICIENT RAIN MAKER MOVE THROUGH
OVERNIGHT WITH SOME .50 TO 1 INCH RAINS ACROSS THE MN CWA. RIVERS
FORECAST TO BE ON THE RISE AGAIN WITH EXPECTED QPF. LOOKS LIKE A
FAIR LIKELIHOOD OF THIS OCCURRING.
THIS SYSTEM EXITS TO THE EAST SUNDAY PERIOD. HAVE DECREASED POPS
DURING THE DAY. NEXT SYSTEM MOVING IN QUICKLY BEHIND...WITH
POSSIBLE RAIN/SNOW THREAT MOVING IN MONDAY/TUESDAY TIME FRAME.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR ANOKA-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-
CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-
ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-
MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-POPE-RAMSEY-
REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEELE-
STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-YELLOW
MEDICINE COUNTY(IES).
WI...NONE.
&&
JVM/DWEHazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 9:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 955 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 310300- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 955 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY LATE TONIGHT IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE BEST CHANCES ARE SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OLIVIA TO ALBERTA LEA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN IS A POSSIBILITY FRIDAY...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE MORNING. THE THREAT OF RAIN WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST INTO THE COMING WEEKEND AS A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS LIKELY WILL CREATE ENHANCED RIVER RISES AND POTENTIALLY AGGRAVATE FLOODING DURING THE WEEKEND AND BEYOND. THOSE WITH HYDROLOGIC INTERESTS SHOULD MAINTAIN WATCH ON THE LATEST WEATHER AND WATER FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED. MTF
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