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WGUS83 KMPX 260136
FLSMPX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
836 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2023
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MINNESOTA...
MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE AFFECTING HENNEPIN, SCOTT, CARVER AND
DAKOTA COUNTIES.
.DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE WHICH WILL ALLOW RIVER LEVELS TO CONTINUE
FALLING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MNC019-037-053-139-261645-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0047.000000T0000Z-230527T1400Z/
/SAVM5.1.ER.230517T0130Z.230521T0015Z.230526T2000Z.NO/
836 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2023
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 702.0 FEET, BARGE LOADING AFFECTED AT PORT CARGILL,
AND OTHER FLOOD PREVENTION MEASURES ARE BEGUN. WATER BEGINS TO
IMPACT BLACK DOG ROAD IN BURNSVILLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 800 PM CDT THURSDAY, THE STAGE WAS 702.8 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 800 PM CDT THURSDAY WAS 703.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 697.2 FEET
THURSDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 702.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
702.8 FEET ON 10/01/1986.
LAT...LON 4481 9358 4482 9352 4482 9343 4480 9337
4479 9334 4480 9330 4482 9326 4486 9321
4490 9319 4489 9318 4489 9314 4488 9316
4483 9319 4477 9330 4477 9338 4479 9353
4478 9356
MKM
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