River Flood Watch 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 19, 2012, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 22, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT

Expired

Jun 19, 2012, 10:11 PM CDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Flood severity

None

Counties Hennepin County, MN, Wright County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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 Crow River at Rockford (RKFM5). The gauge peaked at 7.11 ft at Jun 20, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage

8 ft

Minor stage

10 ft

Moderate stage

12 ft

Major stage

14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05280000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

625 
WGUS63 KMPX 191725
FFAMPX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 
1225 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

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

  LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE AFFECTING TODD COUNTY 
  CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES 

.RECENT RAINFALL HAS SATURATED THE GROUND AND FILLED MOST
OF THE MARSHES ACROSS THE REGION. THUS MUCH OF THE WATER
IS DIRECTLY MOVING INTO THE RIVERS ESPECIALLY IN THE CROW 
RIVER SYSTEM. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FELL OVERNIGHT MONDAY 
NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AMOUNTS RANGED FROM AROUND 
0.75 INCHES IN THE CROW RIVER SYSTEM TO 0.25 IN THE LONG 
PRAIRIE RIVER SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT 
AND INTO WEDNESDAY. FORECAST RAINFALL OF 1.5 INCHES 
THROUGH 7 AM ON WEDNESDAY HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN 
THESE RIVER FORECASTS. HOWEVER THE RAIN EXPECTED 
DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY HAS NOT BEEN INCORPORATED 
INTO THE FORECAST.

AS CONFIDENCE INCREASES ON THE AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS FOR 
THE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS FOR WEDNESDAY...THIS RAINFALL WILL 
BE INCLUDED IN THE RIVER FORECASTS. IN ADDITION AS 
CONFIDENCE INCREASES ON THE FORECASTS AND WHETHER OR 
NOT RIVER LEVELS WILL EXCEED FLOOD STAGES....FOLLOWUP 
WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED.

MNC153-211725-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.A.0012.120621T1000Z-120624T0000Z/
/LGPM5.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1225 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR
  THE LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE
* FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY EVENING.
* AT 11:15 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.9 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 
* BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

MNC053-171-211725-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.A.0013.120622T2230Z-000000T0000Z/
/RKFM5.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1225 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR
  THE CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD
* FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 
* BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.2 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

$$

160 
WGUS63 KMPX 200311
FFAMPX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 
1011 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MINNESOTA...
 
  CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES

.THIS FLOOD WATCH WAS CANCELLED DUE TO THE ISSUANCE OF A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THIS LOCATION EARLIER THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL
MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND ISSUE FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS. 

MNC053-171-200341-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FL.A.0013.120623T0130Z-000000T0000Z/
/RKFM5.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1011 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

* BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.2 FEET.


$$

River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2012Every river flood watch in 2012

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.