986
WGUS83 KMPX 070225
FLSMPX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
925 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MINNESOTA...
MINNESOTA RIVER AT MONTEVIDEO AFFECTING LAC QUI PARLE, YELLOW
MEDICINE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES.
.THE GRADUAL FALL TO ACTION STAGE CONTINUES WITH MINOR FLOODING TO
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING SIGNIFICANT
RAINS THROUGH THAT TIME, THUS THERE IS LITTLE TO SUGGEST THAT WE
WILL SEE A CHANGE IN THE GRADUAL DECREASE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
MNC023-073-173-071730-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-250910T1800Z/
/MVOM5.2.ER.000000T0000Z.250821T1345Z.250910T0000Z.NO/
925 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MINNESOTA RIVER AT MONTEVIDEO.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME ROADS ALONG THE
RIVER BEGIN FLOODING, ALONG WITH SOME BASEMENTS OF HOUSES ALONG
THE RIVER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 800 PM CDT SATURDAY, THE STAGE WAS 14.3 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 800 PM CDT SATURDAY WAS 14.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 12.9 FEET SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 13.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
14.2 FEET ON 06/25/1991.
LAT...LON 4503 9578 4498 9571 4494 9571 4493 9568
4491 9563 4488 9567 4489 9568 4489 9572
4492 9574 4493 9577 4494 9581 4498 9585
TDH
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page