River Flood Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 22, 2013, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)

In effect from

May 23, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT

Expired

May 24, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

36 hr

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Minor

County Eau Claire County, WI

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 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 Chippewa River (WI) at Eau Claire (ECLW3).

Action stage

764 ft

Minor stage

773 ft

Moderate stage

776 ft

Major stage

778 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05366800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

707 
WGUS43 KMPX 221403
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
903 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

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

  CHIPPEWA RIVER AT EAU CLAIRE AFFECTING EAU CLAIRE COUNTY


.THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION OF 2 to 4
INCHES OVER THE CHIPPEWA RIVER VALLEY FOR THE PAST 72 HOURS AND
FORECAST PRECIPITATION FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
ANY ADDITIONAL 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.

&&

WIC035-232003-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0009.130523T0600Z-130524T1800Z/
/ECLW3.1.ER.130523T0600Z.130523T0600Z.130523T0600Z.NO/
903 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHIPPEWA RIVER AT EAU CLAIRE.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT  7:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 771.3 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 773.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 773.0 FEET...PARKLAND AREA ALONG THE RIVER MAY FLOOD.

&&
 
LAT...LON 4481 9165 4484 9152 4481 9147 4476 9151 4472 9165

$$
CARLYON

575 
WGUS83 KMPX 230146
FLSMPX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
846 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
WISCONSIN...
 
  CHIPPEWA RIVER AT EAU CLAIRE AFFECTING EAU CLAIRE COUNTY

.OVERVIEW...THE CHIPPEWA RIVER AT EAU CLAIRE IS NO LONGER
FORECAST TO REACH FLOOD STAGE.

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.

&&

WIC035-230216-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130524T1800Z/
/ECLW3.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
846 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CHIPPEWA RIVER AT EAU CLAIRE.
* AT  7:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 771.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 773.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 772.0 FEET 
  TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 773.0 FEET...PARKLAND AREA ALONG THE RIVER MAY FLOOD.
* IMPACT...AT 770.0 FEET...LOWER AREAS OF OWEN PARK BEGIN TO FLOOD.
* IMPACT...AT 769.0 FEET...DOWNTOWN TRAIL UNDERPASSES MAY FLOOD.
* IMPACT...AT 764.2 FEET...LOWER SEGMENTS OF THE CHIPPEWA RIVER TRAIL 
  BEGIN TO FLOOD.

&&
 
LAT...LON 4481 9165 4484 9152 4481 9147 4476 9151 4472 9165

$$

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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.