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WGUS83 KMPX 161510
FLSMPX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1010 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MINNESOTA...
MINNESOTA RIVER AT MORTON AFFECTING REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTIES.
MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE AFFECTING HENNEPIN, SCOTT, CARVER AND
DAKOTA COUNTIES.
.A MUCH DRIER SCENARIO SETS UP OVER THE NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST. AS A RESULT, RIVER LEVELS ON THE MINNESOTA SHOULD STABILIZE
AND GRADUALLY RECEDE OVER THE COMING DAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
MNC127-129-170615-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-240720T0600Z/
/MTNM5.1.ER.240715T2236Z.240717T0000Z.240719T1200Z.NO/
1010 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MINNESOTA RIVER AT MORTON.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET, RIVERSIDE RD AND FRONT STREET FLOODED IN
NORTH REDWOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 900 AM CDT TUESDAY, THE STAGE WAS 21.3 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 900 AM CDT TUESDAY WAS 21.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 21.4
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
LAT...LON 4460 9518 4463 9515 4458 9507 4458 9505
4457 9504 4457 9502 4455 9496 4453 9492
4452 9487 4448 9487 4450 9491 4452 9496
4454 9505 4455 9509 4457 9513
MNC019-037-053-139-170615-
/O.CON.KMPX.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-240717T1200Z/
/SAVM5.3.ER.000000T0000Z.240629T0800Z.240716T1800Z.NO/
1010 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2024
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW 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 900 AM CDT TUESDAY, THE STAGE WAS 702.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 900 AM CDT TUESDAY WAS 702.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 697.5 FEET TUESDAY,
JULY 23.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 702.0 FEET.
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
STRUS
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