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
    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.

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MNC019-032214-
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/MAYM5.1.ER.120528T0745Z.120531T0630Z.120603T1800Z.NO/
1114 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER.

* UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING.

* AT 10:30 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL INTO AT LEAST 
THURSDAY.

* IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...MILL AVENUE IS CLOSED NORTH OF WATERTOWN 
FROM CARVER COUNTY ROAD 10 TO THE WRIGHT COUNTY LINE.  YANCY AVENUE
BETWEEN CARVER COUNTY ROAD 30 AND 78TH STREET IS CLOSED.  VEGA 
AVENUE BETWEEN CARVER COUNTY ROAD 33 AND 94TH STREET IS CLOSED.  
THE INTERSECTION OF UNION AVENUE AND 82ND STREET IS CLOSED. 
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...CARVER COUNTY ROAD 123 NORTH OF STATE 
HIGHWAY 7 TO 42ND STREET NEAR WATERTOWN IS CLOSED.

* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.1 FEET
ON JUN 28 2011.