Flood Warning - Stearns (Minnesota)
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...

MINNESOTA RIVER AT MONTEVIDEO AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE...
RENVILLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO AFFECTING BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET
COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR JORDAN AFFECTING CARVER AND SCOTT COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT SHAKOPEE AFFECTING CARVER...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT
COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST PAUL AFFECTING DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HASTINGS L/D 2 AFFECTING DAKOTA...WASHINGTON
AND PIERCE COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED WING AFFECTING DAKOTA...GOODHUE AND PIERCE
COUNTIES
REDWOOD RIVER NEAR REDWOOD FALLS AFFECTING REDWOOD COUNTY
LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE AFFECTING TODD COUNTY
MINNESOTA RIVER AT GRANITE FALLS AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...RENVILLE AND
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND
NICOLLET COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT HENDERSON AFFECTING LE SUEUR...SCOTT AND SIBLEY
COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE AFFECTING DAKOTA...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT
COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MISSING RED WING L/D 3 AFFECTING DAKOTA...
GOODHUE AND PIERCE COUNTIES
COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND
NICOLLET COUNTIES
CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD MN AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES
SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY
SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO MN AFFECTING WRIGHT COUNTY
SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD AFFECTING STEARNS COUNTY

.DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.
A SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA FRIDAY. THE BULK OF THE
PRECIPITATION WITH WILL REMAIN TO OUR SOUTH...HOWEVER SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE
LIGHTER ACTIVITY. AMOUNTS WILL TYPICALLY AVERAGE UP TO ONE
QUARTER INCH IN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS
FARTHER NORTH AND WEST OF AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH.

ANOTHER CHALLENGE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS THE PRECIPITATION TYPE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE BORDERLINE SUCH IT WILL LIKELY START AS
RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW.

FOR LOCATIONS IN MIDDLE AND UPPER MINNESOTA BASINS THAT STILL HAVE
A SNOWPACK...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A BE CRITICAL FACTOR.
HIGHS THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE 50S AND WILL COOL TO THE MID TO UPPER
30S FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE APPROACHING
PRECIPITATION. LOWS ALL THREE NIGHTS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S.
HENCE THE MELTING OF THE SNOW PACK MAY SLOW DOWN WITH THE COOLER
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU OBSERVE AN ICE OR DEBRIS JAM PLEASE REPORT THIS TO
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. YOU CAN EMAIL REPORTS DIRECTLY TO
THE NWS VIA MPX.SPOTTER@NOAA.GOV.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFERENCE THE SPRING FLOOD MONITOR AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MPX/?N=SPRINGFLOODING
ALL LOWER CASE

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.


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201 PM CDT WED MAR 17 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD.
* AT 11:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 7.0 FEET BY
TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON MARCH 18TH THEN BEGIN FALLING. ADDITIONAL
RISES ARE POSSIBLE.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...TWO HOMES ALONG THE RIVER MAY EXPERIENCE
FLOODING.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS LEVEL COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 8.2 FEET
ON MAR 27 2009.

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