...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS AFFECTING 
MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN ...
 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT MONTEVIDEO AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE...
  RENVILLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT GRANITE FALLS AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...RENVILLE AND
  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES   
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND NICOLLET
  COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT HENDERSON AFFECTING LE SUEUR...SCOTT AND SIBLEY 
  COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR JORDAN AFFECTING CARVER AND SCOTT COUNTIES   
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT SHAKOPEE AFFECTING CARVER...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT 
  COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE AFFECTING DAKOTA...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT 
  COUNTIES 
  COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND 
  NICOLLET COUNTIES 
  CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD MN AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES 
  SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY 
  SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO MN AFFECTING WRIGHT COUNTY 
  WASHINGTON AND PIERCE COUNTIES 
  LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE AFFECTING TODD COUNTY   
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST PAUL AFFECTING DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND 
  WASHINGTON COUNTIES 
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HASTINGS L/D 2 AFFECTING DAKOTA...

..THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...

   SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD AFFECTING STEARNS COUNTY 

...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...
  
    MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO AFFECTING BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET 
   COUNTIES

.AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL ROTATE NORTHEAST OUT OF NEBRASKA AND
THE DAKOTAS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
LIGHT RAIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE UPPER MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND 
THE LONG PRAIRIE BASINS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WEAK
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MINNESOTA VALLEY
AND THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON TUESDAY. BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL BE
MOISTURE STARVED SO ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF
AN INCH IS EXPECTED. HENCE THE PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE LITTLE TO NO 
IMPACT TO THE RIVER FORECASTS.

ANOTHER FACTOR IMPACTING THE SNOWMELT IS OUR CONTINUED ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL RANGE SIGNIFICANTLY 
ACROSS THE STATE FROM THE MID 30 IN THE UPPER AND MIDDLE MINNESOTA
VALLEY TO THE LOWER 40S IN THE CROW AND LOWER END OF THE 
LONG PRAIRIE SYSTEMS. FOR FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA...HIGHS
WILL BE IN THE MID 50S. FOR TUESDAY...HIGHS WILL BE COOLER
TYPICALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL WARM AGAIN...RANGING FROM THE
LOWER TO MID 50S ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
OVERNIGHT LOWS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL REMAIN ABOVE 
FREEZING...SO NO REFREEZING IS EXPECTED. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT
ACROSS THE UPPER MINNESOTA VALLEY LOWS WILL DROP TO AROUND 30.
BUT GIVEN THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR ONLY A FEW 
HOURS...LITTLE REFREEZING OF THE SNOWPACK WILL OCCUR.

ICE AND DEBRIS JAMS REMAIN A CONCERN AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU OBSERVE AN ICE OR DEBRIS JAM PLEASE REPORT THIS TO 
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. YOU CAN EMAIL REPORTS DIRECTLY TO
THE NWS VIA MPX.SPOTTER@NOAA.GOV.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION 
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFERENCE THE SPRING FLOOD MONITOR AT 
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MPX/?N=SPRINGFLOODING 
ALL LOWER CASE

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION 
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.

&&

MNC013-015-103-152003-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0007.100316T0700Z-000000T0000Z/
/NULM5.1.RS.100316T0700Z.100320T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
304 PM CDT SUN MAR 14 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 796.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT AND REACH
  799.6 FEET BY FRIDAY NIGHT MARCH 20TH. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE
  THEREAFTER.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS LEVEL COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 799.8 
  FEET ON APR 4 2009.

$$

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS AFFECTING 
MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN ...
 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT MONTEVIDEO AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE...
  RENVILLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT GRANITE FALLS AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...RENVILLE AND
  YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES   
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND NICOLLET
  COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT HENDERSON AFFECTING LE SUEUR...SCOTT AND SIBLEY 
  COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR JORDAN AFFECTING CARVER AND SCOTT COUNTIES   
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT SHAKOPEE AFFECTING CARVER...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT 
  COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE AFFECTING DAKOTA...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT 
  COUNTIES 
  COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND 
  NICOLLET COUNTIES 
  CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD MN AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES 
  SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY 
  SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO MN AFFECTING WRIGHT COUNTY 
  WASHINGTON AND PIERCE COUNTIES 
  LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE AFFECTING TODD COUNTY   
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST PAUL AFFECTING DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND 
  WASHINGTON COUNTIES 
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HASTINGS L/D 2 AFFECTING DAKOTA...

..THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...

   SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD AFFECTING STEARNS COUNTY 

...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...
  
    MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO AFFECTING BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET 
   COUNTIES

.AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL ROTATE NORTHEAST OUT OF NEBRASKA AND
THE DAKOTAS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
LIGHT RAIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE UPPER MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND 
THE LONG PRAIRIE BASINS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WEAK
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MINNESOTA VALLEY
AND THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON TUESDAY. BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL BE
MOISTURE STARVED SO ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF
AN INCH IS EXPECTED. HENCE THE PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE LITTLE TO NO 
IMPACT TO THE RIVER FORECASTS.

ANOTHER FACTOR IMPACTING THE SNOWMELT IS OUR CONTINUED ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL RANGE SIGNIFICANTLY 
ACROSS THE STATE FROM THE MID 30 IN THE UPPER AND MIDDLE MINNESOTA
VALLEY TO THE LOWER 40S IN THE CROW AND LOWER END OF THE 
LONG PRAIRIE SYSTEMS. FOR FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA...HIGHS
WILL BE IN THE MID 50S. FOR TUESDAY...HIGHS WILL BE COOLER
TYPICALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL WARM AGAIN...RANGING FROM THE
LOWER TO MID 50S ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
OVERNIGHT LOWS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL REMAIN ABOVE 
FREEZING...SO NO REFREEZING IS EXPECTED. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT
ACROSS THE UPPER MINNESOTA VALLEY LOWS WILL DROP TO AROUND 30.
BUT GIVEN THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR ONLY A FEW 
HOURS...LITTLE REFREEZING OF THE SNOWPACK WILL OCCUR.

ICE AND DEBRIS JAMS REMAIN A CONCERN AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU OBSERVE AN ICE OR DEBRIS JAM PLEASE REPORT THIS TO 
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. YOU CAN EMAIL REPORTS DIRECTLY TO
THE NWS VIA MPX.SPOTTER@NOAA.GOV.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION 
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFERENCE THE SPRING FLOOD MONITOR AT 
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MPX/?N=SPRINGFLOODING 
ALL LOWER CASE

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION 
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.

&&

MNC013-015-103-152003-
/O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0010.100315T0430Z-000000T0000Z/
/NWUM5.1.RS.100315T0430Z.100318T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
304 PM CDT SUN MAR 14 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM.
* AT  2:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.8 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 12.3 FEET BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE 
  POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...COTTONWOOD STREET WEST OF THE RIVER BECOMES 
  FLOODED.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS LEVEL COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 13.9 FEET
  ON MAR 14 2007.

$$