Heavy Rain: June 14-15, 2011
Estimated Precipitation 24-hour period ending 7:00 AM June 15, 2011
Courtesy: National Weather Service
With most of Minnesota experiencing below-normal values for precipitation in the month of June, rain returned on June 14-15 with a heavy dose being dumped across southwestern parts of the state.
Many locations in southern Minnesota reported from one to two inches of rain that fell between June 14-15 with Comfrey in Brown County reporting the most rain at 4.70 inches.
A surface trough extending off of a low pressure system in Iowa crept across Minnesota starting late Tuesday night and finally moved away by Wednesday evening. An upper level shortwave trough, which eventually closed off, provided significant lift to develop the storms. Steep mid level lapse rates and large amounts of moisture also played a large role in contributing to the heavy rain.
The extent of the storms consisted of mostly heavy rain with occasional lightning, however there was half inch hail reported at Ellendale in Steele County, Wednesday afternoon.
While the heavy rain brought bad news for outdoor baseball on Tuesday for the Twins, the rain was welcomed in central Minnesota, where very little rain had fallen during the first two weeks of June. In southwest Minnesota it was too much rain for farmers with soggy fields.
Local Storm Reports from the National Weather Service
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 505 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0440 PM HAIL ELLENDALE 43.87N 93.30W 06/15/2011 E0.50 INCH STEELE MN TRAINED SPOTTER PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 751 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0600 AM HEAVY RAIN BLUE EARTH 43.64N 94.10W 06/15/2011 M2.58 INCH FARIBAULT MN CO-OP OBSERVER 24 HOUR TOTAL. 0624 AM HEAVY RAIN SSW WELCOME 43.66N 94.62W 06/15/2011 M2.20 INCH MARTIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER 24 HOUR TOTAL. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN SPRINGFIELD 44.24N 94.98W 06/15/2011 M2.29 INCH BROWN MN CO-OP OBSERVER 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN FARMINGTON 44.66N 93.18W 06/15/2011 M1.72 INCH DAKOTA MN NWS EMPLOYEE 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN LESTER PRAIRIE 44.88N 94.04W 06/15/2011 M1.71 INCH MCLEOD MN CO-OP OBSERVER 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN CHANHASSEN 44.86N 93.56W 06/15/2011 M1.67 INCH CARVER MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS 24 HOUR TOTAL. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN FARIBAULT 44.30N 93.27W 06/15/2011 M1.98 INCH RICE MN CO-OP OBSERVER 24 HOUR TOTAL. 0714 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 S LE SUEUR 44.42N 93.91W 06/15/2011 M2.60 INCH LE SUEUR MN PUBLIC 24 HOUR TOTAL. 0714 AM HEAVY RAIN GIBBON 44.54N 94.52W 06/15/2011 M1.18 INCH SIBLEY MN PUBLIC 24 HOUR TOTAL. 0714 AM HEAVY RAIN EASTON 43.77N 93.90W 06/15/2011 M2.70 INCH FARIBAULT MN PUBLIC 0714 AM HEAVY RAIN MINNESOTA LAKE 43.84N 93.83W 06/15/2011 M2.45 INCH FARIBAULT MN PUBLIC 0714 AM HEAVY RAIN HUNTLEY 43.69N 94.19W 06/15/2011 M2.90 INCH FARIBAULT MN PUBLIC 0714 AM HEAVY RAIN NORTH MANKATO 44.18N 94.03W 06/15/2011 M2.75 INCH NICOLLET MN PUBLIC 0714 AM HEAVY RAIN HANSKA 44.15N 94.49W 06/15/2011 M2.14 INCH BROWN MN PUBLIC 0715 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NW LAKE CRYSTAL 44.14N 94.27W 06/15/2011 M2.30 INCH BLUE EARTH MN PUBLIC 24 HOUR TOTAL. 0741 AM HEAVY RAIN COMFREY 44.11N 94.90W 06/15/2011 M4.70 INCH BROWN MN PUBLIC
Flood Statements from the National Weather Service (chronological order)
717 WGUS53 KFSD 141421 FFWFSD MNC105-133-141630- /O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0003.110614T1421Z-110614T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 921 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NORTHWEST NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 914 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA IN A SHORT TIME...WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LUVERNE...BEAVER CREEK...BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK...HARDWICK...HILLS AND LISMORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. && LAT...LON 4367 9595 4367 9605 4350 9604 4350 9642 4385 9641 4384 9584 $$ LIEBL 822 WGUS73 KFSD 141511 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1011 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC105-133-141630- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110614T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NOBLES MN-ROCK MN- 1011 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ROCK AND WESTERN NOBLES COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT... AT 1001 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THESE AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED BY LOCAL GROUND OBSERVATIONS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED INTO FAR EASTERN ROCK COUNTY AND NORTHWEST NOBLES COUNTY AT THIS TIME. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LUVERNE...BEAVER CREEK...BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK... HARDWICK...HILLS AND LISMORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 4367 9595 4367 9605 4350 9604 4350 9642 4385 9641 4384 9584 $$ LIEBL 084 WGUS73 KFSD 141639 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1139 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC105-133-141654- /O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110614T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NOBLES MN-ROCK MN- 1139 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ROCK AND WESTERN NOBLES COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4367 9595 4367 9605 4350 9604 4350 9642 4385 9641 4384 9584 $$ LIEBL 969 WGUS53 KFSD 141819 FFWFSD MNC101-117-SDC101-142130- /O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0005.110614T1819Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 119 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SOUTHEASTERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND ANOTHER ONE OR TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PIPESTONE...SLAYTON...CHANDLER...CURRENT LAKE...CURRIE...DOVRAY... EDGERTON...HOLLAND...LAKE SHETEK STATE PARK...LAKE WILSON... PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT...RUTHTON...TROSKY AND WOODSTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4401 9548 4385 9618 4386 9666 4412 9644 4420 9604 4420 9547 $$ BUSS 640 WGUS53 KFSD 141835 FFWFSD MNC033-142130- /O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0006.110614T1835Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 135 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND ANOTHER ONE OR TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WINDOM...BINGHAM LAKE...JEFFERS...MOUNTAIN LAKE...STORDEN AND WESTBROOK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4385 9546 4419 9546 4419 9511 4411 9510 4411 9487 4386 9485 $$ BUSS 938 WGUS53 KFSD 141841 FFWFSD IAC119-MNC133-SDC083-099-142130- /O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0007.110614T1841Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 141 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SOUTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 129 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ANOTHER ONE OR TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 430 PM CDT. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LUVERNE...ROCK RAPIDS...ALVORD...BEAVER CREEK...BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK...GARRETSON...HARDWICK...HILLS...LARCHWOOD...LESTER... ROWENA...SHERMAN AND VALLEY SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4354 9606 4353 9605 4333 9604 4333 9667 4384 9645 4385 9614 4385 9605 $$ BUSS 494 WGUS83 KMPX 141842 FLSMPX FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 142 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC015-127-142130- /O.NEW.KMPX.FA.Y.0003.110614T1842Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ REDWOOD MN-BROWN MN- 142 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SPREADING INTO AREAS FROM NEAR TRACY TO LAMBERTON AND NEW ULM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND MINOR RISES IN OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING...INCLUDE...NEW ULM... CLEMENTS...EVAN...HANSKA...LAMBERTON...LUCAN...REVERE...SANBORN... SLEEPY EYE...SPRINGFIELD AND WABASSO. RANFALL RATES FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY THOUGH 3 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. && LAT...LON 4448 9557 4433 9446 4412 9436 4412 9504 4413 9511 4419 9512 4419 9547 4421 9559 $$ JPR 940 WGUS83 KMPX 141914 FLSMPX FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 214 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC015-127-142130- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ REDWOOD MN-BROWN MN- 214 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN AND SOUTHERN REDWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SPREADING INTO AREAS FROM NEAR TRACY TO LAMBERTON AND NEW ULM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND MINOR RISES IN OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING...INCLUDE...NEW ULM... CLEMENTS...EVAN...HANSKA...LAMBERTON...LUCAN...REVERE...SANBORN... SLEEPY EYE...SPRINGFIELD AND WABASSO. RANFALL RATES FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY THOUGH 3 PM. $$ 708 WGUS73 KFSD 141932 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 232 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC101-117-SDC101-142130- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MURRAY MN-PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD- 232 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOODY... PIPESTONE AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 216 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A BAND FROM SOUTH OF PIPESTONE NEAR IHLEN...NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF PIPESTONE. AT 210 PM THE HIGHWAY 30 UNDERPASS IN PIPESTONE WAS REPORTED FLOODED...AND AT 215 PM HIGHWAY 23 BETWEEN IHLEN AND PIPESTONE WAS REPORTED FLOODED. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PIPESTONE...SLAYTON...CHANDLER...CURRENT LAKE...CURRIE... DOVRAY...EDGERTON...HOLLAND...LAKE SHETEK STATE PARK...LAKE WILSON... PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT...RUTHTON...TROSKY AND WOODSTOCK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4401 9548 4385 9618 4386 9666 4412 9644 4420 9604 4420 9547 $$ 501 WGUS73 KFSD 141937 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 237 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC033-142130- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COTTONWOOD MN- 237 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COTTONWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER MUCH OF COTTONWOOD COUNTY. AT 2 PM THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR COTTONWOOD COUNTY REPORTED 5 COUNTY ROADS UNDERWATER IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE COUNTY. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WINDOM...BINGHAM LAKE...JEFFERS...MOUNTAIN LAKE...STORDEN AND WESTBROOK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4385 9546 4419 9546 4419 9511 4411 9510 4411 9487 4386 9485 $$ BUSS 576 WGUS73 KFSD 141945 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 245 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 IAC119-MNC133-SDC083-099-142130- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON IA-ROCK MN-MINNEHAHA SD-LINCOLN SD- 245 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN... EASTERN MINNEHAHA...ROCK AND NORTHERN LYON COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AT 235 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 262ND STREET FLOODED 1 MILE WEST NORTHWEST OF VALLEY SPRINGS. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LUVERNE...ROCK RAPIDS...ALVORD...BEAVER CREEK...BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK...GARRETSON...HARDWICK...HILLS...LARCHWOOD...LESTER... PALISADES STATE PARK...ROWENA...SHERMAN AND VALLEY SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4354 9606 4353 9605 4333 9604 4333 9667 4384 9645 4385 9614 4385 9605 $$ BUSS 786 WGUS53 KFSD 142001 FFWFSD IAC059-119-143-MNC063-101-105-142300- /O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0008.110614T2001Z-110614T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 301 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 5 PM CDT. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... JACKSON...SPIRIT LAKE...WORTHINGTON...ADRIAN...ARNOLDS PARK... BERGEN...BREWSTER...ELLSWORTH...FULDA...GEORGE...HARRIS...HERON LAKE...LAKE PARK...LAKEFIELD...LISMORE...LITTLE ROCK...OCHEYEDAN... OKOBOJI...ORLEANS...ROUND LAKE...RUSHMORE...SIBLEY...SUPERIOR... WAHPETON...WEST OKOBOJI AND WILMONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4350 9492 4333 9492 4333 9604 4388 9604 4401 9547 4385 9546 4385 9486 4350 9485 $$ BUSS 259 WGUS83 KMPX 142029 FLSMPX FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 329 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC015-127-142130- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ REDWOOD MN-BROWN MN- 329 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN AND REDWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 323 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE INTO...OR DEVELOPING OVER REDOWOOD AND BROWN COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEW ULM...HANSKA...LAMBERTON...LUCAN...MORGAN...SANBORN... SEAFORTH...SLEEPY EYE...SPRINGFIELD...VESTA AND WABASSO. REPORTS BY THE PUBLIC INDICATED WATER OVER PARTS OF HIGHWAY 14 IN SOUTHERN REDWOOD COUNTY BUT NOT ANY BLOCKED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. && LAT...LON 4454 9559 4454 9537 4470 9536 4470 9533 4457 9509 4452 9489 4441 9469 4437 9453 4434 9446 4428 9442 4426 9438 4411 9437 4411 9510 4420 9511 4420 9559 $$ 607 WGUS83 KMPX 142047 FLSMPX FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 347 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC091-165-142330- /O.NEW.KMPX.FA.Y.0004.110614T2047Z-110614T2330Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WATONWAN MN-MARTIN MN- 347 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO WATONWAN AND MARTIN COUNTIES. RAINFALL RATES NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR HOUR ARE LIKELY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...FAIRMONT...ST JAMES...DUNNELL...LA SALLE... LEWISVILLE...MADELIA...ODIN...ORMSBY...SHERBURN...TRIMONT AND WELCOME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. && LAT...LON 4353 9485 4410 9484 4411 9441 4401 9436 4385 9437 4385 9429 4382 9427 4353 9425 $$ 172 WGUS73 KFSD 142109 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 409 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC101-117-SDC101-142130- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MURRAY MN-PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD- 409 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOODY... PIPESTONE AND MURRAY COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY DUE TO RUNOFF. AT 315 PM CDT...PIPESTONE CREEK AT PIPESTONE WAS AT 17.4 FEET...OR 1.4 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND WAS STILL RISING. HIGH WATER FROM PIPESTONE CREEKS...AND OTHER SMALL CREEKS IN PIPESTONE... MOODY...AND MURRAY COUNTIES MAY CONTINUE TO RISE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED BY 430 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4401 9548 4385 9618 4386 9666 4412 9644 4420 9604 4420 9547 $$ SCHUMACHER 629 WGUS53 KFSD 142125 FFWFSD MNC117-133-SDC099-101-150030- /O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0009.110614T2125Z-110615T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 425 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHWESTERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SOUTHEASTERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHWESTERN PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 419 PM CDT...THE RIVER GAGE ON THE PIPESTONE CREEK AT PIPESTONE INDICATED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED SINCE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. * THIS WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN PIPESTONE CREEK AT PIPESTONE. AT 315 PM CDT...THE RIVER GAGE ON PIPESTONE CREEK WAS AT 17.4 FEET. THIS IS 1.4 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER MAY RISE ABOVE 18 FEET BEFORE BEGINNING TO FALL. THIS WATER WILL CONTINUE DOWNSTREAM AND IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLOODING NEAR PIPESTONE CREEK IN RURAL AREAS OF FAR SOUTHEAST MOODY COUNTY AND FAR NORTHEAST MINNEHAHA COUNTY NORTH OF SHERMAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. && LAT...LON 4406 9619 4377 9636 4377 9657 4398 9650 $$ 704 WGUS73 KFSD 142131 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 431 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 IAC119-MNC133-SDC083-099-142145- /O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON IA-ROCK MN-MINNEHAHA SD-LINCOLN SD- 431 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN... EASTERN MINNEHAHA...ROCK AND NORTHERN LYON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA AS THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS PUSH OFF TO THE EAST. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4354 9606 4353 9605 4333 9604 4333 9667 4384 9645 4385 9614 4385 9605 $$ MJF 712 WGUS73 KFSD 142133 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 433 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC033-142147- /O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COTTONWOOD MN- 433 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR COTTONWOOD COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF COTTONWOOD COUNTY. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THE SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY...AND IF STORMS REDEVELOP...MORE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED. LAT...LON 4385 9546 4419 9546 4419 9511 4411 9510 4411 9487 4386 9485 $$ MJF 184 WGUS73 KFSD 142138 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 438 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC101-117-SDC101-142149- /O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110614T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MURRAY MN-PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD- 438 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MURRAY COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF PIPESTONE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... A NEW FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS RECENTLY ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG THE PIPESTONE CREEK FOR THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF PIPESTONE COUNTY... NORTHWEST ROCK COUNTY MINNESOTA... EXTREME SOUTHEAST MOODY COUNTY...EXTREME NORTHEAST MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTH DAKOTA. IF YOU OBSERVE ANY FLOODING...REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORECMENT. LAT...LON 4401 9548 4385 9618 4386 9666 4412 9644 4420 9604 4420 9547 $$ MJF 877 WGUS73 KFSD 142153 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 453 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC101-142204- /O.CAN.KFSD.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110614T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MURRAY MN- 453 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4350 9485 4350 9492 4333 9492 4333 9604 4384 9603 4385 9486 $$ IAC059-119-143-MNC063-105-142300- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110614T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OSCEOLA IA-LYON IA-DICKINSON IA-JACKSON MN-NOBLES MN- 453 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NOBLES...JACKSON... DICKINSON...NORTHEASTERN LYON AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED A WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCHES RAIN WHICH HAS FALLEN ALONG THE I 90 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST... BUT WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE WARNING WHICH IS 6 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4350 9485 4350 9492 4333 9492 4333 9604 4384 9603 4385 9486 $$ MJF 282 WGUS73 KFSD 142248 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 548 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 MNC117-133-SDC099-101-150030- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110615T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIPESTONE MN-ROCK MN-MOODY SD-MINNEHAHA SD- 548 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA...SOUTHEASTERN MOODY...NORTHWESTERN ROCK AND SOUTHWESTERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 530 PM CDT...THE PIPESTONE CREEK IN PIPESTONE WAS BEGINNING TO LEVEL OFF...WITH THE GAGE REPORTING 18.5 FEET. THE GAGE WILL LIKELY TOP OUT NEAR 18.6 TO 18.7 FEET WHICH IS IN THE MODERATE FLOODING CATEGORY. FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE PIPESTONE CREEK DOWNSTREAM THROUGH THE FLOOD WARNING AREA. WITH THE RAINFALL MOVING WELL EAST OF THIS AREA... THE FLOODING THREAT WILL RECEDE THIS EVENING. IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS. LAT...LON 4406 9619 4377 9636 4377 9657 4398 9650 $$ MJF 274 WGUS73 KFSD 142259 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 559 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 IAC059-119-143-MNC063-105-142311- /O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110614T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OSCEOLA IA-LYON IA-DICKINSON IA-JACKSON MN-NOBLES MN- 559 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NOBLES...JACKSON... DICKINSON...NORTHEASTERN LYON AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS WEAKENING. POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL OCCUR IN JACKSON COUNTY MINNESOTA AND DICKINSON COUNTY IOWA UNTIL ABOUT 630 PM. HOWEVER THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS... AS WELL AS URBAN AND RURAL FLOODING WILL IMPROVE BETWEEN 6 AND 730 PM. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4350 9485 4350 9492 4333 9492 4333 9604 4384 9603 4385 9486 $$ MJF 660 WGUS53 KFSD 150035 FFWFSD MNC117-133-SDC099-101-150330- /O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0010.110615T0035Z-110615T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 735 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 724 PM CDT...THE RIVER GAGE ON THE PIPESTONE CREEK AT PIPESTONE CONTINUED TO INDICATE THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING. RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION...HOWEVER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. * THIS WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN PIPESTONE CREEK AT PIPESTONE. AT 630 PM THE RIVER GAGE ON PIPESTONE CREEK WAS AT 18.49 FEET. THIS IS 2.49 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER HAS CRESTED BUT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS WATER WILL CONTINUE DOWNSTREAM AND IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLOODING NEAR PIPESTONE CREEK IN RURAL AREA OF FAR SOUTHEAST MOODY COUNTY AND FAR NORTHEAST MINNEHAHA COUNTY NORTH OF SHERMAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 4385 9607 4385 9605 4377 9605 4377 9658 4416 9658 4416 9606 $$ HANKO 353 WGUS43 KMPX 150222 FLWMPX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 922 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN MINNESOTA... COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BROWN COUNTY .THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON OBSERVED BASIN AVERAGE PRECIPITATION OF OVER TWO INCHES...THAT FELL ACROSS THE COTTONWOOD RIVER BASIN...UPSTREAM FROM NEW ULM...TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ACROSS THE COTTONWOOD BASIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND ISSUE FOLLOWUP STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS OR FORECASTS CHANGE. 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. && MNC015-160822- /O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0032.110616T2125Z-110620T1500Z/ /NWUM5.1.ER.110616T2125Z.110618T0000Z.110619T2100Z.NO/ 922 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING. * AT 8:00 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.5 FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT COTTONWOOD STREET WEST OF THE RIVER. $$ 805 WGUS43 KFSD 150320 FLWFSD BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1019 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA... PIPESTONE CREEK AT PIPESTONE .THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST FORECASTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER DEPTH AND ROAD CONDITION MAY BE UNSAFE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=FSD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS. THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW MORNING. && MNC117-SDC101-160719- /O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0097.110615T0319Z-000000T0000Z/ /PIPM5.2.ER.110614T1945Z.110614T2315Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1019 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE PIPESTONE CREEK AT PIPESTONE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 09PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 18.5 FEET...WATER IS ABOVE THE TOP OF THE CULVERTS NORTH OF INDIAN LAKE. $$ && LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED RECENT OBSERVED STAGE STAGE TIME CREST TIME PIPESTONE CREEK PIPM5 16.0 18.43 TUE 9 PM 18.5 TUE JUN 14 364 WGUS43 KFSD 150422 FLWFSD BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1122 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA... SPLIT ROCK CREEK BELOW JASPER .THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST FORECASTS. HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ON TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS CAUSED RAPID RISES ALONG SPLIT ROCK CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER DEPTH AND ROAD CONDITION MAY BE UNSAFE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=FSD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS. THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW MORNING. && MNC133-SDC099-160822- /O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0098.110615T0422Z-000000T0000Z/ /JSPM5.1.ER.110615T0310Z.110615T0415Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 1122 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SPLIT ROCK CREEK BELOW JASPER. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 11PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 91.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 91.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 91.0 FEET...THE LOWER BANKS ON THIS STRETCH OF THE CREEK ARE OVERTOPPED. THE LOW WATER CROSSING ON 250TH STREET AT THE MN/SD STATE LINE IS FLOODED. $$ && LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED MAXIMUM FORECAST RECENT OBSERVED STAGE STAGE TIME STAGE TIME CREST TIME SPLIT ROCK CREEK JSPM5 91.0 91.94 TUE 11 PM 91.9 TUE JUN 14 722 WGUS43 KFSD 151421 FLWFSD BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 921 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA... IOWA... SPLIT ROCK CREEK BELOW JASPER LITTLE SIOUX RIVER NEAR MILFORD LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE .THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST FORECASTS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SPLIT ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS HAS RESULTED IN RAPID RISES ON THESE RIVERS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING THROUGH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER DEPTH AND ROAD CONDITION MAY BE UNSAFE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=FSD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS. THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING. && MNC133-SDC099-161821- /O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0098.110615T1421Z-000000T0000Z/ /JSPM5.2.ER.110615T0310Z.110615T1200Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 921 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SPLIT ROCK CREEK BELOW JASPER. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 8AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 94.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 91.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 96.0 FEET...THE HIGHER BANKS ON THIS STRETCH OF THE CREEK ARE OVERTOPPED. $$ IAC041-059-161820- /O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0099.110615T1421Z-000000T0000Z/ /MIFI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110615T1235Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 921 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER NEAR MILFORD. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 7AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 12.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LANDS BEGINS. $$ IAC021-041-161820- /O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0100.110617T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /LNNI4.1.ER.110617T0000Z.110619T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 921 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE. * FROM THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 9AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 7 PM THURSDAY AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 19.3 FEET BY 7 AM SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. * AT STAGES NEAR 20.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS ALONG THIS ENTIRE STRETCH OF THE RIVER. $$ && LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED MAXIMUM FORECAST RECENT OBSERVED STAGE STAGE TIME STAGE TIME CREST TIME SPLIT ROCK CREEK JSPM5 91.0 94.64 WED 8 AM M 94.7 WED JUN 15 LITTLE SIOUX RIVER MIFI4 12.0 12.76 WED 8 AM M 12.8 WED JUN 15 LNNI4 18.0 17.66 WED 9 AM 19.3 SUN 7 AM 18.1 SUN JUN 12 179 WGUS83 KMPX 151543 FLSMPX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1043 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA... COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BROWN COUNTY .OVERVIEW... HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS RANGED BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH REPORTS OF NEARLY 5 INCHES IN THE FAR HEADWATERS OF THE BASIN...ACROSS SOUTHERN REDWOOD AND BROWN COUNTIES. THIS RAIN IS CAUSING RISES ON THE COTTONWOOD RIVER. THE BULK OF THE RAIN HAS PUSHED NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ON THURSDAY BUT ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH ON FRIDAY BRINGING ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN. 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. && MNC015-162143- /O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0032.110616T1525Z-110620T1930Z/ /NWUM5.1.ER.110616T1525Z.110617T1800Z.110620T0130Z.NO/ 1043 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.7 FEET BY FRIDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT COTTONWOOD STREET WEST OF THE RIVER. * IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOME ROADS ALONG THE RIVER. * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 11.9 FEET ON APR 2 2011. $$ 833 WGUS83 KMPX 152139 FLSMPX FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 439 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 MNC015-162130- /O.NEW.KMPX.FA.Y.0005.110615T2139Z-110616T2130Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN MN- 439 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN... SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT THURSDAY * AT 435 PM CDT...THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER IN BROWN COUNTY INDICATED THAT SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ALONG THE COTTONWOOD RIVER FROM TUESDAYS AFTERNOON STORMS. ROADS NEAR AND ALONG THE LITTLE COTTONWOOD AND THE COTTONWOOD RIVERS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE AS FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE CURRENT WATER LEVELS OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER UPSTREAM FROM SPRINGFIELD...SOME FLOODING COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE CITY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING INCLUDE...HANSKA AND SPRINGFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 4411 9510 4427 9511 4427 9510 4428 9486 4432 9451 4411 9442 $$ JLT 179 WGUS43 KFSD 152210 CCA FLWFSD BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 921 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA... IOWA... SPLIT ROCK CREEK BELOW JASPER LITTLE SIOUX RIVER NEAR MILFORD LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE .THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST FORECASTS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SPLIT ROCK AND LITTLE SIOUX BASINS HAS RESULTED IN RAPID RISES ON THESE RIVERS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING THROUGH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER DEPTH AND ROAD CONDITION MAY BE UNSAFE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=FSD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS. THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING. && MNC133-SDC099-161821- /O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0098.110615T1421Z-000000T0000Z/ /JSPM5.2.ER.110615T0310Z.110615T1200Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 921 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SPLIT ROCK CREEK BELOW JASPER. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 8AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 94.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 91.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 96.0 FEET...THE HIGHER BANKS ON THIS STRETCH OF THE CREEK ARE OVERTOPPED. $$ IAC041-059-161820- /O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0099.110615T1421Z-000000T0000Z/ /MIFI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110615T1235Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 921 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER NEAR MILFORD. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 7AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 12.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LANDS BEGINS. $$ IAC021-041-161820- /O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0100.110617T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /LNNI4.1.ER.110617T0000Z.110619T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 921 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WFO ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE. * FROM THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 9AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.7 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 7 PM THURSDAY AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 19.3 FEET BY 7 AM SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. * AT STAGES NEAR 20.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS ALONG THIS ENTIRE STRETCH OF THE RIVER. $$ && LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED MAXIMUM FORECAST RECENT OBSERVED STAGE STAGE TIME STAGE TIME CREST TIME SPLIT ROCK CREEK JSPM5 91.0 94.64 WED 8 AM M 94.7 WED JUN 15 LITTLE SIOUX RIVER MIFI4 12.0 12.76 WED 8 AM M 12.8 WED JUN 15 LNNI4 18.0 17.66 WED 9 AM 19.3 SUN 7 AM 18.1 SUN JUN 12 722 WGUS43 KMPX 160119 FLWMPX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 819 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN MINNESOTA... MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BROWN AND NICOLLET COUNTIES .THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON OBSERVED BASIN AVERAGE PRECIPITATION OF OVER 1.5 INCHES...THAT FELL ACROSS THE SOME OF THE SMALLER CREEKS NORTH OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER...WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER... UPSTREAM FROM NEW ULM...TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE RIVER BASIN THROUGH FRIDAY... PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS OR FORECASTS CHANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT. && MNC015-103-170719- /O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0033.110616T1200Z-110622T0000Z/ /NULM5.1.ER.110616T1200Z.110616T1800Z.110620T1200Z.NO/ 819 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY EVENING. * AT 3:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 795.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 796.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 796.1 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 795.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT THE ACCESS ROADS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. $$ 762 WGUS83 KMPX 160124 FLSMPX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 824 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA... COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BROWN AND NICOLLET COUNTIES .OVERVIEW... HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS THE COTTONWOOD AND PORTIONS OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER BASINS SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE RIVERS WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER TONIGHT...AND CREST BY FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THESE BASINS THROUGH FRIDAY...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS AS CONDITIONS CHANGE. 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. && MNC015-170724- /O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0032.110616T0600Z-110621T0300Z/ /NWUM5.1.ER.110616T0600Z.110617T1200Z.110620T0900Z.NO/ 824 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM. * FROM LATE TONIGHT TO MONDAY EVENING. * AT 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.9 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT COTTONWOOD STREET WEST OF THE RIVER. * IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT LOW LYING AREAS...AND SOME ROADS ALONG THE RIVER. $$ MNC015-103-170724- /O.CON.KMPX.FL.W.0033.110616T1200Z-110622T0000Z/ /NULM5.1.ER.110616T1200Z.110616T1800Z.110620T1200Z.NO/ 824 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM. * FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO TUESDAY EVENING. * AT 3:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 795.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 796.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 796.1 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 795.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT THE ACCESS ROADS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. $$ 036 WGUS83 KMPX 160131 FLSMPX FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 831 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 MNC015-162130- /O.CON.KMPX.FA.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110616T2130Z/ /00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BROWN MN- 831 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT THURSDAY... AT 830 PM CDT...THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER IN BROWN COUNTY INDICATED THAT SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ALONG THE COTTONWOOD RIVER FROM TUESDAYS AFTERNOON STORMS. ROADS NEAR AND ALONG THE LITTLE COTTONWOOD AND THE COTTONWOOD RIVERS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE AS FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE CURRENT WATER LEVELS OF THE COTTONWOOD RIVER UPSTREAM FROM SPRINGFIELD...SOME FLOODING COULD OCCUR ACROSS THE CITY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...HANSKA AND SPRINGFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4411 9510 4427 9511 4427 9510 4428 9486 4432 9451 4411 9442 $$ JLT 781 WGUS83 KFSD 161226 FLSFSD FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 726 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA... PIPESTONE CREEK AT PIPESTONE .THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST FORECASTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER DEPTH AND ROAD CONDITION MAY BE UNSAFE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=FSD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS. THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW MORNING. && MNC117-SDC101-161256- /O.CAN.KFSD.FL.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110616T1226Z/ /PIPM5.2.ER.110614T1945Z.110614T2315Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 726 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE PIPESTONE CREEK AT PIPESTONE. * AT 06AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. $$ && LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED RECENT OBSERVED STAGE STAGE TIME CREST TIME PIPESTONE CREEK PIPM5 16.0 14.24 THU 6 AM 18.5 TUE JUN 14 MG 606 WGUS83 KFSD 161433 FLSFSD FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA... IOWA...NEBRASKA...MINNESOTA... BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR BRUCE BIG SIOUX RIVER AT HAWARDEN BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON BIG SIOUX RIVER AT SIOUX CITY SPLIT ROCK CREEK BELOW JASPER ROCK RIVER AT ROCK RAPIDS OCHEYEDAN RIVER NEAR SPENCER LITTLE SIOUX RIVER NEAR MILFORD LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE .THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST FORECASTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER DEPTH AND ROAD CONDITION MAY BE UNSAFE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=FSD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS. THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW MORNING. && SDC011-171833- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0044.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /BRCS2.3.ER.110320T0515Z.110328T1430Z.000000T0000Z.NR/ 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR BRUCE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 08AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 8.0 FEET...THE LOWER BANKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RIVER OVERFLOW. $$ IAC167-SDC083-127-171832- /O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0093.110616T1424Z-110620T1630Z/ /HAWI4.1.ER.110616T1157Z.110618T1200Z.110619T1630Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 11 AM MONDAY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER AT HAWARDEN. * FROM THIS MORNING TO MONDAY MORNING. * AT 07AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON THURSDAY JUNE 16. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 17.5 FEET BY SATURDAY JUNE 18. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY JUNE 19. * AT STAGES NEAR 19.0 FEET...SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY 46 BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ IAC149-SDC127-171832- /O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0094.110616T1424Z-110621T0045Z/ /AKRI4.1.ER.110616T1215Z.110618T1200Z.110620T0045Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON. * FROM THIS MORNING TO MONDAY EVENING. * AT 09AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON THURSDAY JUNE 16. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 17.8 FEET BY SATURDAY JUNE 18. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY JUNE 19. * AT STAGES NEAR 17.0 FEET...ABOUT 6500 ACRES OF FARM LAND ARE FLOODED. $$ IAC193-NEC043-SDC127-171832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /SXCI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110620T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER AT SIOUX CITY. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 06AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 99.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 99.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 99.7 FEET BY MONDAY JUNE 20 THEN BEGIN SLOWLY FALLING. * AT STAGES NEAR 99.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL LAND NORTH OF THE LEVEED AREA BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ MNC133-SDC099-171832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0098.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /JSPM5.2.ER.110615T0310Z.110615T1200Z.000000T0000Z.UU/ 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SPLIT ROCK CREEK BELOW JASPER. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 09AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 91.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 91.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 91.0 FEET...THE LOWER BANKS ON THIS STRETCH OF THE CREEK ARE OVERTOPPED AND THE LOW WATER CROSSING ON 250TH STREET AT THE MN/SD STATE LINE IS FLOODED. $$ IAC119-171832- /O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110618T0712Z/ /RAPI4.1.ER.110616T0904Z.110616T1800Z.110617T0712Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ROCK RIVER AT ROCK RAPIDS. * UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * AT 09AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON THURSDAY JUNE 16. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 13.5 FEET BY THURSDAY JUNE 16. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY JUNE 17. * AT STAGES NEAR 13.0 FEET...THE LOWER BANKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RIVER WILL BEGIN FLOODING. $$ IAC041-171832- /O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110618T1500Z/ /SPOI4.1.ER.110616T0550Z.110617T0000Z.110617T1500Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 10 AM SATURDAY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCHEYEDAN RIVER NEAR SPENCER. * UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. * AT 08AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON THURSDAY JUNE 16. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 8.5 FEET BY THURSDAY JUNE 16. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY JUNE 17. * AT STAGES NEAR 8.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF PASTURE LAND BEGINS. $$ IAC041-059-171832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0099.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /MIFI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110616T1310Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER NEAR MILFORD. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 08AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 14.0 FEET...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF PASTURE AND OTHER FARM LANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. $$ IAC041-171832- /O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0096.000000T0000Z-110620T0600Z/ /SPWI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110616T1800Z.110619T0600Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER. * UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * AT 7 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 12.0 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST NOW AND WILL FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON SUNDAY JUNE 19. $$ IAC021-041-171832- /O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0100.110617T0359Z-000000T0000Z/ /LNNI4.1.ER.110617T0359Z.110619T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE. * FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 09AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 11 PM THURSDAY AND CREST NEAR 19.0 FEET BY SUNDAY JUNE 19. * AT STAGES NEAR 18.5 FEET...THE CITY PARK IN SIOUX RAPIDS IS FLOODED. $$ && LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED MAXIMUM FORECAST RECENT OBSERVED STAGE STAGE TIME STAGE TIME CREST TIME BIG SIOUX RIVER BRCS2 8.0 8.18 THU 9 AM 9.2 MON JUN 06 HAWI4 15.0 15.05 THU 8 AM 17.5 SAT 7 AM AKRI4 16.0 16.08 THU 9 AM 17.8 SAT 7 AM SXCI4 99.0 99.35 THU 6 AM 99.7 MON 7 AM 99.8 FRI JUN 10 SPLIT ROCK CREEK JSPM5 91.0 91.59 THU 9 AM 94.7 WED JUN 15 ROCK RIVER RAPI4 13.0 13.42 THU 9 AM 13.5 THU 1 PM OCHEYEDAN RIVER SPOI4 8.0 8.33 THU 9 AM 8.5 THU 7 PM LITTLE SIOUX RIVER MIFI4 12.0 13.36 THU 8 AM 13.4 THU JUN 16 SPWI4 10.0 E12.00 THU 7 AM 12.1 THU 1 PM LNNI4 18.0 17.59 THU 9 AM 19.0 SUN 7 AM MG 788 WGUS43 KMPX 161455 FLWMPX BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 955 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA... COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BROWN COUNTY .OVERVIEW... HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS THE COTTONWOOD RIVER BASIN SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON IS LEADING TO RISES. AFTER A QUIETER DAY ON TODAY...ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH CHANCES INCREASING FRIDAY NIGHT. THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ROUGHLY AN INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE ACTIVITY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE MORE ISOLATED WITH CHANCES INCREASING ON SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE FORECASTS BELOW INCLUDED FORECAST RAINFALL THROUGH 7 AM ON FRIDAY. HENCE ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS FORECAST BUT WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS AS CONDITIONS CHANGE. 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. && MNC015-172055- /O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110620T2230Z/ /NWUM5.2.ER.000000T0000Z.110617T1800Z.110620T0430Z.NO/ 955 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM. * UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 9:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.1 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT COTTONWOOD STREET WEST OF THE RIVER. * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 13.2 FEET ON JUN 19 1996. $$ DFC 371 WGUS83 KMPX 161500 FLSMPX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1000 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA... MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BROWN AND NICOLLET COUNTIES .OVERVIEW... HEAVY RAINFALL FELL ACROSS THE COTTONWOOD AND MINNESOTA RIVER BASINS SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON IS LEADING TO RISES. AFTER A QUIETER DAY TODAY...ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH CHANCES INCREASING FRIDAY NIGHT. THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ROUGHLY AN INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE ACTIVITY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE MORE ISOLATED WITH CHANCES INCREASING ON SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE FORECASTS BELOW INCLUDED FORECAST RAINFALL THROUGH 7 AM ON FRIDAY. HENCE ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS FORECAST BUT WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS AS CONDITIONS CHANGE. 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. && MNC015-103-172100- /O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110621T1800Z/ /NULM5.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110617T0600Z.110620T0600Z.NO/ 1000 AM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM. * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 7:43 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 796.5 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 796.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 797.1 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACT...AT 795.0 FEET ...FLOOD WATERS BEGIN TO IMPACT THE ACCESS ROADS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 797.3 FEET ON MAY 28 2011. $$ Delivered-To: gspoden@g-mx.umn.edu Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 209.85.210.171 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of climate@umn.edu) smtp.mail=climate@umn.edu X-Umn-Remote-Mta: [N] mail-iy0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171] #+LO+TR X-Umn-Classification: local X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:15:41 -0500 To: Recipient list suppressed:; From: Minnesota State Climatology OfficeSubject: FLOOD STATEMENT - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 772 WGUS83 KFSD 171433 FLSFSD FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA... SPLIT ROCK CREEK BELOW JASPER ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA...IOWA...NEBRASKA... JAMES RIVER AT HURON JAMES RIVER NEAR FORESTBURG JAMES RIVER AT MITCHELL JAMES RIVER NEAR SCOTLAND JAMES RIVER ABOVE YANKTON BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR BRUCE BIG SIOUX RIVER AT HAWARDEN BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON BIG SIOUX RIVER AT SIOUX CITY ROCK RIVER AT ROCK RAPIDS OCHEYEDAN RIVER NEAR SPENCER LITTLE SIOUX RIVER NEAR MILFORD LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE .THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST FORECASTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER DEPTH AND ROAD CONDITION MAY BE UNSAFE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=FSD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS. THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW MORNING. && SDC005-181833- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /HURS2.3.SM.110320T1215Z.110326T0915Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE JAMES RIVER AT HURON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 08AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. * AT STAGES NEAR 14.0 FEET...NUMEROUS COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS IN BEADLE COUNTY WILL BE FLOODED. $$ SDC111-181832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /FORS2.3.SM.110319T1444Z.110325T2015Z.000000T0000Z.NR/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE JAMES RIVER NEAR FORESTBURG. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 09AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. * AT STAGES NEAR 14.0 FEET...MANY OF THE COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS ALONG THE RIVER ARE UNDER WATER. $$ SDC035-061-181832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /JRMS2.3.SM.110317T0025Z.110328T0415Z.000000T0000Z.NR/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE JAMES RIVER AT MITCHELL. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 08AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. * AT STAGES NEAR 20.0 FEET...THE HIGHER BANKS OVERFLOW. $$ SDC067-135-181832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /SCOS2.3.SM.000000T0000Z.110328T0815Z.000000T0000Z.NR/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE JAMES RIVER NEAR SCOTLAND. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 08AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.9 FEET BY 7 PM SATURDAY AND THEN BEGIN SLOWLY FALLING. * AT STAGES NEAR 15.5 FEET...431ST AVENUE IS FLOODED WHERE IT CROSSES THE RIVER IN NORTHWESTERN YANKTON COUNTY. $$ SDC135-181832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /YNNS2.3.SM.110321T1445Z.110420T1501Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE JAMES RIVER ABOVE YANKTON. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 09AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.6 FEET BY 7 AM MONDAY AND THEN BEGIN SLOWLY FALLING. $$ SDC011-181832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0044.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /BRCS2.3.ER.110320T0515Z.110328T1430Z.000000T0000Z.NR/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR BRUCE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 08AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 8.0 FEET...THE LOWER BANKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RIVER OVERFLOW. $$ IAC167-SDC083-127-181832- /O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110621T0600Z/ /HAWI4.1.ER.110616T1157Z.110618T1200Z.110620T0600Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 1 AM TUESDAY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER AT HAWARDEN. * UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * AT 08AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 17.5 FEET BY SATURDAY JUNE 18. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MONDAY JUNE 20. * AT STAGES NEAR 19.0 FEET...SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY 46 BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ IAC149-SDC127-181832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110621T0045Z/ /AKRI4.1.ER.110616T1215Z.110618T1200Z.110620T0045Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON. * UNTIL MONDAY EVENING. * AT 09AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 17.9 FEET BY SATURDAY JUNE 18. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY JUNE 19. * AT STAGES NEAR 17.0 FEET...ABOUT 6500 ACRES OF FARM LAND ARE FLOODED. $$ IAC193-NEC043-SDC127-181832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /SXCI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110620T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER AT SIOUX CITY. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 05AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 99.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 99.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 100.0 FEET BY MONDAY JUNE 20 AND THEN HOLD FAIRLY STEADY FOR SEVERAL DAYS. * AT STAGES NEAR 99.0 FEET...AGRICULTURAL LAND NORTH OF THE LEVEED AREA BEGINS TO FLOOD. $$ IAC119-181832- /O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110619T0600Z/ /RAPI4.1.ER.110616T0904Z.110617T0245Z.110618T0600Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 1 AM SUNDAY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ROCK RIVER AT ROCK RAPIDS. * UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * AT 09AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.7 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY JUNE 18. * AT STAGES NEAR 13.0 FEET...THE LOWER BANKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RIVER WILL BEGIN FLOODING. $$ IAC041-181800- /O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110618T1800Z/ /SPOI4.1.ER.110616T0550Z.110617T0300Z.110617T1800Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 1 PM SATURDAY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OCHEYEDAN RIVER NEAR SPENCER. * UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 08AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY JUNE 17. * AT STAGES NEAR 8.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF PASTURE LAND BEGINS. $$ IAC041-059-181832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0099.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /MIFI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110616T1310Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER NEAR MILFORD. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 08AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 14.0 FEET...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF PASTURE AND OTHER FARM LANDS BEGIN TO FLOOD. $$ IAC041-181832- /O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0096.000000T0000Z-110621T2000Z/ /SPWI4.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110617T1800Z.110620T2000Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL 3 PM TUESDAY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER. * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AT 7AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 11.3 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR CREST NOW AND WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY MONDAY JUNE 20. * AT STAGES NEAR 10.0 FEET...THE RIGHT BANK OVERFLOWS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF THE SPENCER CITY PARK AND SOME RURAL AGRICULTURAL AREAS BEGINS. $$ IAC021-041-181832- /O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0100.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /LNNI4.1.ER.110618T0000Z.110619T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 09AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 7 PM FRIDAY AND CREST NEAR 18.6 FEET BY SUNDAY JUNE 19. * AT STAGES NEAR 18.5 FEET...THE CITY PARK IN SIOUX RAPIDS IS FLOODED. $$ MNC133-SDC099-171503- /O.CAN.KFSD.FL.W.0098.000000T0000Z-110617T1433Z/ /JSPM5.2.ER.110615T0310Z.110615T1200Z.110616T2300Z.UU/ 933 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE SPLIT ROCK CREEK BELOW JASPER. * AT 09AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 90.4 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 91.0 FEET. * AT STAGES NEAR 91.0 FEET...THE LOWER BANKS ON THIS STRETCH OF THE CREEK ARE OVERTOPPED. THE LOW WATER CROSSING ON 250TH STREET AT THE MN/SD STATE LINE IS FLOODED. $$ && LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED MAXIMUM FORECAST RECENT OBSERVED STAGE STAGE TIME STAGE TIME CREST TIME JAMES RIVER HURS2 11.0 13.10 FRI 8 AM 14.7 TUE JUN 07 FORS2 12.0 14.27 FRI 9 AM 15.1 TUE JUN 07 JRMS2 17.0 20.35 FRI 9 AM 21.0 TUE JUN 07 SCOS2 13.0 14.69 FRI 8 AM 14.9 SAT 7 PM 15.5 TUE JUN 07 YNNS2 12.0 13.12 FRI 9 AM 13.6 MON 7 AM 15.1 TUE JUN 07 BIG SIOUX RIVER BRCS2 8.0 8.06 FRI 9 AM 9.1 TUE JUN 07 HAWI4 15.0 16.55 FRI 8 AM 17.5 SAT 7 AM AKRI4 16.0 17.25 FRI 9 AM 17.9 SAT 7 AM SXCI4 99.0 99.75 FRI 6 AM 100.0 SUN 7 PM ROCK RIVER RAPI4 13.0 13.68 FRI 9 AM 13.9 THU JUN 16 OCHEYEDAN RIVER SPOI4 8.0 8.30 FRI 9 AM 8.6 THU JUN 16 LITTLE SIOUX RIVER MIFI4 12.0 13.31 FRI 8 AM 13.4 THU JUN 16 SPWI4 10.0 E11.30 FRI 7 AM 11.4 FRI 1 PM LNNI4 18.0 17.77 FRI 9 AM 18.6 SUN 7 AM SPLIT ROCK CREEK JSPM5 91.0 90.38 FRI 9 AM 94.7 WED JUN 15 MG