River Flood Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Oct 2, 2007, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 2, 2007, 4:39 PM CDT

Expired

Oct 2, 2007, 3:52 PM CDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Flood severity

Minor

County Goodhue County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 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.

Written for the forecast point Middle Fork Zumbro River at Pine Island (PNLM5).

Action stage

16 ft

Minor stage

17 ft

Moderate stage

19 ft

Major stage

21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05373130, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS43 KMPX 021527
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1027 AM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA... 

  NORTH BRANCH MIDDLE FORK ZUMBRO RIVER AT PINE ISLAND AFFECTING
GOODHUE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES
  MIDDLE FORK ZUMBRO RIVER AT PINE ISLAND AFFECTING GOODHUE COUNTY

.RIVERS IN SOUTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY AND NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY REMAIN
AT HIGH LEVELS DUE TO RAINFALL THIS PAST WEEKEND.  RAINFALL OF
ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH IS FORECAST OVER THIS AREA TODAY THAT WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RUNOFF AND RISING RIVER LEVELS. HEAVIER THAN
EXPECTED RAINFALL COULD CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE EVEN HIGHER THAN
PREDICTED.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS
DEVELOPING SITUATION AND ISSUE FOLLOWUP STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS OR
FORECASTS CHANGE.

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION 
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.

MNC049-109-030527-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0001.071003T0355Z-071004T1905Z/
/PILM5.1.ER.071003T0355Z.071003T0500Z.071003T0705Z.UU/
1027 AM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NORTH BRANCH MIDDLE FORK ZUMBRO RIVER AT PINE ISLAND.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 5.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE BY MIDNIGHT.  THE RIVER WILL    
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

$$

MNC049-030527-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0002.071002T2139Z-071005T0450Z/
/PNLM5.1.ER.071002T2139Z.071003T0500Z.071003T1650Z.UU/
1027 AM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE MIDDLE FORK ZUMBRO RIVER AT PINE ISLAND.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO THURSDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT  9:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO     
  RISE TO NEAR 8.5 FEET BY MIDNIGHT.  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE BY NOON TOMORROW.

$$

000 
WGUS83 KMPX 022052
FLSMPX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
352 PM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MINNESOTA...
 
  NORTH BRANCH MIDDLE FORK ZUMBRO RIVER AT PINE ISLAND AFFECTING 
  GOODHUE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES
  MIDDLE FORK ZUMBRO RIVER AT PINE ISLAND AFFECTING GOODHUE COUNTY

.RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS AND FORECAST RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT 6
HOURS ARE NOT AS MUCH AS WAS EXPECTED EARLIER THIS MORNING.  TOTAL
RAINFALL TODAY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 1 INCH.  THEREFORE THE RIVERS
FLOWING THROUGH PINE ISLAND ARE NOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD
STAGE TONIGHT AND THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION 
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.

MNC049-109-022122-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071004T1905Z/
/PILM5.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
352 PM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE NORTH BRANCH MIDDLE FORK ZUMBRO RIVER AT PINE ISLAND.
* AT  1:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SLOWLY.


$$

MNC049-022122-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071005T0450Z/
/PNLM5.1.ER.000000T0000Z.071002T1133Z.071002T1133Z.UU/
352 PM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE MIDDLE FORK ZUMBRO RIVER AT PINE ISLAND.
* AT  1:30 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 5.5 FEET BY TOMORROW 
  MORNING.


$$

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every river flood warning in 2007

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.