River Flood Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 14, 2012, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 14, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT

Expired

Jun 15, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT

In force

7 hr

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 02:36 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.

Written for the forecast point North Fork Zumbro River near Wanamingo (WGOM5).

Action stage

17 ft

Minor stage

18 ft

Moderate stage

20 ft

Major stage

22 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.

527 
WGUS43 KMPX 150234
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
934 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

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

  NORTH FORK ZUMBRO RIVER ABOVE WANAMINGO AFFECTING GOODHUE COUNTY

.THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION OF 3 TO 6 
INCHES OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS AND FORECAST PRECIPITATION OF AT 
LEAST AN INCH OVER THE NEXT 2 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.

&&

MNC049-151100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0010.120615T0300Z-120615T1100Z/
/WGOM5.1.ER.120615T0300Z.120615T0500Z.120615T0800Z.NO/
934 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NORTH FORK ZUMBRO RIVER ABOVE WANAMINGO.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT  8:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST WITH A CREST NEAR 19 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. 
* IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...CAMPGROUNDS NEAR THE RIVER MAY BE FLOODED.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.4 FEET
  ON MAR 14 2007.

$$

864 
WGUS83 KMPX 151000
FLSMPX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
500 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MINNESOTA...
 
  NORTH FORK ZUMBRO RIVER ABOVE WANAMINGO AFFECTING GOODHUE COUNTY

.OVERVIEW...
RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA... AND THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE
TO FALL.

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.

&&

MNC049-151030-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120615T1100Z/
/WGOM5.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
500 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE NORTH FORK ZUMBRO RIVER ABOVE WANAMINGO.
* AT  4:30 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 16.5 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.

$$

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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.