Alert archive / Minnesota / River Flood Warnings in 2011
River Flood Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this river flood warning at Aug 4, 2011, 9:08 AM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It took effect at Aug 4, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2011, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 4, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2011, 11:21 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 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 river
Written for the forecast point Sauk River at St. Cloud (STCM5). The gauge peaked at 5.95 ft at Aug 5, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 5 ft
- Minor stage
- 6 ft
- Moderate stage
- 7 ft
- Major stage
- 9 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05270500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
336 WGUS43 KMPX 041408 FLWMPX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 908 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA... SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD AFFECTING STEARNS COUNTY .THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OVER THE PAST 48 HOURS AND VERY LITTLE IF ANY FORECAST PRECIPITATION INCHES OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HEAVY RAINS 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT. && MNC145-052008- /O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0051.110805T0000Z-110806T1200Z/ /STCM5.1.ER.110805T0000Z.110805T0000Z.110805T1200Z.NO/ 908 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD. * FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY MORNING. * AT 8:15 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING THEN FALL BACK BELOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...TWO HOMES ALONG THE RIVER MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.1 FEET ON APR 21 1979. $$
1 follow-up statement
348 WGUS83 KMPX 051621 FLSMPX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1121 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA... SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD AFFECTING STEARNS COUNTY ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA... MINNESOTA RIVER AT MONTEVIDEO AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES .OVERVIEW...A WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FLOOD REGION SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT ON AVERAGE...BETWEEN TWO TENTHS TO NEAR FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE MINNESOTA SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. AN INVERTED TROUGH WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ANDN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR ANOTHER TWO TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF MOISTURE ON AVERAGE...FROM THIS SYSTEM. DEWPOINTS WILL DIP INTO THE 50S WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE LOW 60S RETURNING WITH A NEW STRONGER STORM SYSTEM ON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT. && MNC023-073-173-062221- /O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110812T1200Z/ /MVOM5.1.ER.110624T2130Z.110718T1900Z.110811T1800Z.NO/ 1121 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT MONTEVIDEO. * UNTIL FRIDAY AUGUST 12. * AT 10:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT HEIGHT NEAR 14.5 FEET INTO THIS EVENING...AND SLOWLY FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THEREAFTER. * IMPACT...AT 14.0 FEET...LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME ROADS ALONG THE RIVER BEGIN FLOODING ALONG WITH SOME BASEMENTS OF HOUSES ALONG THE RIVER. * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.3 FEET ON JUL 1 2011. $$ MNC145-051651- /O.CAN.KMPX.FL.W.0051.000000T0000Z-110806T1200Z/ /STCM5.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1121 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD. * AT 10:15 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 5.9 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE NEAR A FLOOD STAGE 5.9 FEE INTO MONDAY...AND SLOWLY RECEDE THEREAFTER. * IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...TWO HOMES ALONG THE RIVER MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING. * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.6 FEET ON JUL 20 2011. $$
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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.