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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 6, 2014Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this river flood warning at Jun 6, 2014, 10:14 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 7, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2014, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 7, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Crow River at Delano (DELM5).

Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16.5 ft
Moderate stage
17.5 ft
Major stage
18.5 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.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

025 
WGUS43 KMPX 070314
FLWMPX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1014 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

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

  SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO  AFFECTING WRIGHT COUNTY


.THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION OF AROUND AN 
INCH FRIDAY EVENING AND FORECAST PRECIPITATION OF ANOTHER HALF AN 
INCH OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 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.

&&

MNC171-080914-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0008.140607T1800Z-140609T0000Z/
/DELM5.1.ER.140607T1800Z.140607T1800Z.140608T0600Z.NO/
1014 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO .
* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* AT  9:30 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.3 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FLOOD 
  STAGE EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 16.9 FEET...STORMS SEWERS MAY NEED PLUGGING TO PREVENT 
  RIVER WATER FROM BACKING UP INTO CITY STREETS.

&&
 
LAT...LON 4498 9390 4498 9377 4507 9370 4510 9380

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 5:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington25 min
Jun 7, 6:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice, Waseca50 min
Jun 7, 6:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota43 min
Jun 7, 7:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota, Washington2 hr
Jun 7, 7:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice, Waseca119 min
Jun 7, 7:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey2 hr

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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.