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River Flood Watch 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 2, 2010Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this river flood watch at Sep 2, 2010, 3:19 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 4, 2010, 1:51 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 2, 2010, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 4, 2010, 1:51 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 3, 2010, 11:28 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Flood severity: None

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Redwood River at Redwood Falls (RWDM5). The gauge peaked at 4.58 ft at Sep 4, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05316500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood watch went out at Sep 2, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 1, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	65 min
Sep 1, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	66 min
Sep 1, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	44 min
Sep 2, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Pope, Swift, Yellow Medicine	43 min
Sep 2, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	47 min
Sep 2, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Redwood, Renville	39 min
Sep 2, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton, Morrison, Stearns	51 min
Sep 2, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Redwood, Renville and 1 more	41 min
Sep 2, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns	34 min
Sep 2, 1:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright	36 min
Sep 2, 1:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley	48 min
Sep 2, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti	44 min
Sep 2, 2:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Redwood	3 hr
Sep 2, 3:19 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet	20 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2010 Every river flood watch in 2010

Sources

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.