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River Flood Watch 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this river flood watch at Sep 23, 2010, 12:06 PM CDT for Dakota County, Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2010, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2010, 3:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Red Wing (REDM5).
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 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 05355250, 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 23, 12:02 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 12:02 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 4:47 AM CDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 447 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 241000- 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- 447 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WHERE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WERE COMMON AS OF EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING...AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING OF MANY AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. IN ADDITION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE PRIMARY THREATS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FLASH FLOODING. A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM THE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY STORM SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO RISES ON MANY LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS MAY RESULT IN SEVERAL RIVERS REACHING OR EXCEEDING FLOOD STAGE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM LATER THIS WEEK INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 23, 9:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
946 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 AM FLOOD ST JAMES 43.98N 94.63W
09/23/2010 WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS STREETS UNDERWATER WITH SOME CLOSED. A FEW
APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO WATER.
0940 AM HEAVY RAIN ST JAMES 43.98N 94.63W
09/23/2010 M8.75 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1104 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM HAIL 4 SW BUTTERFIELD 43.92N 94.85W
09/22/2010 M1.25 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0710 PM HAIL BUTTERFIELD 43.96N 94.79W
09/22/2010 M1.25 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
RANGED FROM PEA TO HALF DOLLAR
0745 PM HAIL 1 SW SOUTH BRANCH 43.87N 94.57W
09/22/2010 M1.00 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0750 PM HAIL 2 SSE SOUTH BRANCH 43.85N 94.54W
09/22/2010 M1.00 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0754 PM HAIL 1 W TRUMAN 43.83N 94.46W
09/22/2010 M1.50 INCH MARTIN MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0803 PM HAIL NW NORTHROP 43.74N 94.44W
09/22/2010 M1.00 INCH MARTIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0825 PM HAIL WINNEBAGO 43.77N 94.17W
09/22/2010 M1.00 INCH FARIBAULT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0900 PM HEAVY RAIN NEW ULM 44.31N 94.46W
09/22/2010 M1.75 INCH BROWN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0908 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 NE DARFUR 44.09N 94.80W
09/22/2010 M2.35 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0930 PM HEAVY RAIN SPRINGFIELD 44.24N 94.98W
09/22/2010 E2.20 INCH BROWN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0935 PM FLOOD LAKE CRYSTAL 44.10N 94.22W
09/22/2010 BLUE EARTH MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROAD CLOSED IN LAKE CRYSTAL DUE TO HIGH WATER IN EXCESS
OF A FOOT. 3-4 INCHES OF WATER COVERING ROADS IN RAPIDAN.
1030 PM FLOOD PORTER 44.64N 96.17W
09/22/2010 YELLOW MEDICINE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROAD AT HWY 68
1045 PM HEAVY RAIN WSW ST JAMES 43.98N 94.63W
09/22/2010 M5.50 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
1200 AM HEAVY RAIN CANNON FALLS 44.52N 92.90W
09/23/2010 M4.10 INCH GOODHUE MN COUNTY OFFICIAL
MEASURED AT BILSBY DAM SINCE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
1210 AM FLOOD FAIRMONT 43.64N 94.46W
09/23/2010 MARTIN MN COUNTY OFFICIAL
CURB FLOODING REPORTED IN TOWN
0229 AM FLOOD MINNESOTA LAKE 43.84N 93.83W
09/23/2010 FARIBAULT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
7.38 INCHES OF RAIN. LIFT STATION FLOODING WITH REPORTS
OF BASEMENTS FILLING WITH WATER.
0300 AM FLOOD 4 E WALNUT GROVE 44.23N 95.39W
09/23/2010 REDWOOD MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROAD AT COUNTY RD 7 SOUTH OF US HWY 14
0300 AM FLOOD 2 E WALNUT GROVE 44.23N 95.43W
09/23/2010 REDWOOD MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROAD AT HWY 10 SOUTH OF US HWY 14
0400 AM FLASH FLOOD OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W
09/23/2010 STEELE MN EMERGENCY MNGR
STREET FLOODING IN OWATONNA. INTERSECTIONS CLOSED. HOMES
EVACUATED ALONG MAPLE CREEK. SANDBAGGING ALONG THE
STRAIGHT RIVER WHICH IS OUT OF ITS BANKS.
0430 AM HEAVY RAIN GOODHUE 44.40N 92.62W
09/23/2010 M4.50 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0440 AM HEAVY RAIN CANNON FALLS 44.52N 92.90W
09/23/2010 M4.85 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0515 AM HEAVY RAIN JORDAN 44.67N 93.63W
09/23/2010 M2.35 INCH SCOTT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0545 AM FLASH FLOOD ZUMBROTA 44.29N 92.67W
09/23/2010 GOODHUE MN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY 52 CLOSED FROM NEAR ZUMBROTA TO PINE ISLAND DUE
TO WATER OVER THE ROADS /RUNOFF FROM FARM FIELDS/.
NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES IN ZUMBROTA COUNTY INCLUDING
HIGHWAY 60 NEAR BOMBAY AND HIGHWAY 56 NEAR WEST CONCORD
DUE TO OVERFLOWING CREEKS.
0546 AM HEAVY RAIN BLUE EARTH 43.64N 94.10W
09/23/2010 M4.92 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN KENYON 44.27N 92.99W
09/23/2010 M3.85 INCH GOODHUE MN PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL UP TO THAT POINT.
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN RED WING 44.58N 92.60W
09/23/2010 M2.73 INCH GOODHUE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0603 AM HEAVY RAIN ST JAMES 43.98N 94.63W
09/23/2010 M6.00 INCH WATONWAN MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
911 DISPATCH REPORTS 6.00+ INCHES AND STILL RAINING.
0641 AM HEAVY RAIN S MAPLETON 43.92N 93.95W
09/23/2010 E6.00 INCH BLUE EARTH MN TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER MEASURED 6+ INCHES OF RAINFALL. AMOUNT OVER 6
INCHES IS UNKNOWN BECAUSE HIS GAUGE HAD OVERFLOWED.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN MONTEVIDEO 44.95N 95.72W
09/23/2010 M1.92 INCH CHIPPEWA MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN SPRINGFIELD 44.24N 94.98W
09/23/2010 M4.00 INCH BROWN MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN NORTHFIELD 44.45N 93.17W
09/23/2010 M5.20 INCH RICE MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0713 AM HEAVY RAIN AMBOY 43.89N 94.16W
09/23/2010 M9.02 INCH BLUE EARTH MN CO-OP OBSERVER
0715 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 ENE MINNESOTA LAKE 43.85N 93.81W
09/23/2010 FARIBAULT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
8.35 INCHES OF RAIN WITH PONDING AND STANDING WATER AND
LOCAL STREAMS RISING QUICKLY.
0715 AM HEAVY RAIN WELCOME 43.67N 94.62W
09/23/2010 M4.90 INCH MARTIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN ALDEN 43.67N 93.57W
09/23/2010 M7.00 INCH FREEBORN MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0800 AM FLASH FLOOD TRUMAN 43.83N 94.44W
09/23/2010 MARTIN MN EMERGENCY MNGR
ROADS FLOODED IN TRUMAN. FOUR TO FIVE FEET OF WATER IN
BASEMENTS. EGRESS WINDOWS BROKEN DUE TO FLOODING.
0801 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SW SOUTH BRANCH 43.87N 94.57W
09/23/2010 M9.82 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0830 AM HEAVY RAIN 6 S ST JAMES 43.90N 94.63W
09/23/2010 M8.00 INCH WATONWAN MN PUBLIC
SMALL LAKE LEVELS IN THE AREA HAVE INCREASED MARKEDLY.
0905 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SW SOUTH BRANCH 43.87N 94.57W
09/23/2010 M9.82 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0940 AM HEAVY RAIN ST JAMES 43.98N 94.63W
09/23/2010 M8.75 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0940 AM FLOOD ST JAMES 43.98N 94.63W
09/23/2010 WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS STREETS UNDERWATER WITH SOME CLOSED. A FEW
APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO WATER.
0955 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NW KIESTER 43.56N 93.75W
09/23/2010 M4.20 INCH FARIBAULT MN TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL THUS FAR
1102 AM HEAVY RAIN AMBOY 43.89N 94.16W
09/23/2010 M10.45 INCH BLUE EARTH MN CO-OP OBSERVER
TWENTY FOUR HOUR TOTAL.
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AJZLocal storm report, Sep 23, 11:33 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Sep 23, 11:41 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1141 AM CDT THU SEP 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NE DARFUR 44.09N 94.80W
09/23/2010 M5.66 INCH WATONWAN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
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MTFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 51 min |
| Sep 22, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 6 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 38 min |
| Sep 22, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 36 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 36 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 36 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 36 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 36 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 39 min |
| Sep 22, 9:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 10 days |
| Sep 22, 9:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 15 days |
| Sep 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 45 min |
| Sep 22, 9:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 33 min |
| Sep 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 39 min |
| Sep 22, 11:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 9 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 31 min |
| Sep 23, 12:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 45 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 68 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Olmsted | 34 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Rice and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 6:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Redwood, Watonwan | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Scott | 10 hr |
| Sep 23, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 10 days |
| Sep 23, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 15 days |
| Sep 23, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 19 days |
| Sep 23, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 18 days |
| Sep 23, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 19 days |
| Sep 23, 12:06 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 5 days |
| Sep 23, 2:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 8 more | 48 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce | 7 hr |
Nearby
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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.