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River Flood Watch 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 13, 2010Dakota County, Washington County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this river flood watch at Mar 13, 2010, 2:59 PM CST for Dakota County, Washington County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 19, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2010, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 19, 2010, 3:59 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Flood severity: None

Counties Dakota County, MN, Washington County, MN, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River Below Lock and Dam 2 - Hastings (HSTM5).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Mar 13, 11:45 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 11:45 AM CST, 3 hours 14 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
Mar 12, 7:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Scott	12 hr
Mar 12, 9:30 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault and 24 more	13 hr
Mar 13, 6:52 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Scott	4 hr
Mar 13, 9:59 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Scott	24 hr
Mar 13, 1:58 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Scott	24 hr
Mar 13, 2:59 PM CST	River Flood Watch	MPX	Todd	6 days
Mar 13, 3:54 PM CST	River Flood Watch	MPX	Dakota, Washington	21 hr
Mar 13, 3:54 PM CST	River Flood Watch	MPX	Todd	21 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.