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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 6, 2014Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this river flood warning at Jun 6, 2014, 9:34 AM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 6, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2014, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 6, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 10, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Long Prairie River at Long Prairie (LGPM5). The gauge peaked at 6.78 ft at Jun 9, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 8 ft
Major stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05245100, 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.

415 
WGUS43 KMPX 061434
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
934 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

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

  LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE AFFECTING TODD COUNTY

.THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION OF 2 TO 3
INCHES OVER THE RIVER BASIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS AND FORECAST 
PRECIPITATION FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  
ANY ADDITONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE RIVER LEVEL TO RISE EVEN HIGHER 
THAN CURRENTLY 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.

&&

MNC153-072034-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0007.140607T0130Z-140610T0600Z/
/LGPM5.1.ER.140607T0130Z.140607T1800Z.140609T1200Z.NR/
934 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* AT  9:15 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 7.8 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ARE IMPACTED ON 
  RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND 1ST AVENUE SW. SANDBAGS DEPLOYED TO PROTECT 
  COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES.

&&
 
LAT...LON 4602 9505 4603 9490 4622 9485 4622 9473 4592 9482

$$

CARLYON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	29 min
Jun 6, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago	48 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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.