Active Advisories: Flood Warning
Currently
Reported at Minneapolis, Flying Cloud Airport, MN
2:53 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012- 73°F23°C
Partly Cloudy- Feels Like:73°F23°CDew Point:43°F6°CHumidity:33%
Winds:WNW 10 mph 16 kph
Pressure:29.74 in1007 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Flood Warning
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN... SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO AFFECTING WRIGHT COUNTY SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HASTINGS L/D #2 AFFECTING DAKOTA... WASHINGTON AND PIERCE COUNTIES .OVERVIEW...SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WILL GENERATE BETWEEN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE FLOOD AREAS MENTIONED BELOW. THIS ADDITIONAL MOISTURE WILL NOT IMPACT THE CURRENT FLOODING FORECAST NOTED BELOW. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS FLOODING SITUATION AND ISSUE FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AS NEEDED. 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. && MNC053-171-032214- /O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120604T0000Z/ /RKFM5.1.ER.000000T0000Z.120602T1800Z.120603T0600Z.NO/ 1114 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD. * UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. * 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 10.2 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY. * 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. * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 10.1 FEET ON JUL 31 1997.
