River Flood Watch 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 24, 2012, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)

In effect from

May 25, 2012, 9:24 PM CDT

Expired

May 25, 2012, 9:21 AM CDT

In force

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Flood severity

None

County Carver County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 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.

Written for the forecast point South Fork Crow River near Mayer (MAYM5).

Action stage

10 ft

Minor stage

11 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 05279000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

208 
WGUS63 KMPX 241618
FFAMPX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 
1118 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

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

  SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY 

.RAINFALL OF 2 TO NEARLY 3.5 INCHES FELL OVER THE SOUTH FORK 
OF THE CROW RIVER BASIN UPSTREAM OF MAYER SINCE WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON. THIS RAIN COMBINED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 0.75 
INCHES EXPECTED TODAY IS LEADING TO TO RISES ON THE SOUTH 
FORK OF THE CROW AT MAYOR. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY 
IN THE AMOUNT AND INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY
WHICH IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONFIDENCE OF THE RIVER FORECASTS 
FOR MAYER. HENCE A FLOOD WATCH FOR MAYER HAS BEEN ISSUED. 
AS CONFIDENCES INCREASE ON THE RIVER FORECASTS...A FLOOD WARNING 
MAY BE ISSUED.

THOSE WITH INTERESTS ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CROW SHOULD 
MONITOR FOR FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS. 

MNC019-261618-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.A.0002.120526T0224Z-120527T1330Z/
/MAYM5.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
1118 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR
  THE SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER
* FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 10:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 
* BANKFULL STAGE IS 0.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY TOMORROW LATE EVENING. 

$$
DFC

441 
WGUS63 KMPX 251421
FFAMPX
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 
921 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

...THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN 
MINNESOTA...
 
  SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY

.BASED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION THE CROW RIVER WILL CONTINUE 
RISING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...AND IS FORECAST TO CREST 
AT 10.5 FEET...WHICH IS ABOVE ACTION STAGE BUT BELOW FLOOD STAGE.

THE CURRENT IS STRONG AND THE WATER IS COLD SO CAUTION IS ADVISED 
FOR BOAT AND OTHER RECREATION INTERESTS.

THOSE WITH INTERESTS ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CROW SHOULD MONITOR 
FOR FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS. 

MNC019-251451-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FL.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120527T1330Z/
/MAYM5.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
921 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012

THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER
  AND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A FLOOD ADVISORY.
* AT  8:30 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET.
* BANKFULL STAGE IS 0.0 FEET.

$$

CARLYON

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.