Active Advisories:    Flood Warning
  • Currently

    Reported at Buffalo, Buffalo Municipal Airport, MN
    10:14 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012
  • 66°F19°C
  • Clear
    Clear
  • Feels Like:66°F19°CDew Point:46°F8°CHumidity:49% Winds:N 6 mph 10 kph
    Pressure:29.8 in1009 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters

Flood Warning


...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...

SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY 

SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO  AFFECTING WRIGHT COUNTY 

MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HASTINGS L/D #2 AFFECTING DAKOTA...WASHINGTON
AND PIERCE COUNTIES 

CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES 

.OVERVIEW...

NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 
SEVERAL DAYS THAT WILL CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE HIGHER THAN
CURRENTLY PREDICTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THIS FLOODING SITUATION AND CONTINUE TO ISSUE FOLLOW
UP STATEMENTS. 

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.

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927 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD.

* UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

* FOR ROCKFORD, NO OBSERVED STAGE VALUE IS AVAILABLE.

* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 10.7 
FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN A SLOW FALL THEREAFTER.

* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME ROADS ALONG THE 
RIVER BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

* IMPACT...AT 9.2 FEET...HEIGHT OF THE TOP OF THE BANK ON THE EAST 
SIDE OF THE RIVER.