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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
355 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...
MINNESOTA RIVER AT GRANITE FALLS HWY 212 AFFECTING YELLOW
MEDICINE, RENVILLE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES.
.AN ICE JAM WILL CAUSE WATER TO INFILTRATE THE LOWLANDS ALONG THE
RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MNC023-129-173-220100-
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355 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2024
...FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* WHERE...MINNESOTA RIVER AT GRANITE FALLS HWY 212.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 885.0 FEET, FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO REACH THE ALLEY WAY
ALONG THE RIVER AT THE FOOT BRIDGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 315 AM CST SUNDAY, THE STAGE WAS 885.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 315 AM CST SUNDAY WAS 885.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT LEVEL
UNTIL THE ICE JAM BREAKS.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 885.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
884.8 FEET ON 07/04/2013.
LAT...LON 4491 9563 4485 9555 4483 9555 4482 9553
4479 9549 4478 9548 4477 9548 4475 9544
4473 9538 4470 9540 4471 9543 4473 9548
4474 9549 4476 9553 4479 9557 4488 9567
RMD
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