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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 
1207 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2011
...THE FLOOD WATCH IS UPGRADED TO A RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...
 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO AFFECTING BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET 
  COUNTIES
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT HENDERSON AFFECTING LE SUEUR...SCOTT AND SIBLEY
  COUNTIES
  MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR JORDAN AFFECTING CARVER AND SCOTT COUNTIES
  SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO  AFFECTING WRIGHT COUNTY
  CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...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 
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST PAUL AFFECTING DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND 
  WASHINGTON COUNTIES 
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HASTINGS L/D 2 AFFECTING DAKOTA...
  WASHINGTON AND PIERCE COUNTIES 
.SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MELT INTO NEXT WEEK...BUT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ABOUT 
HOW MUCH SNOW WILL MELT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AND ABOUT HOW FAST THE 
WATER FROM THE SNOW MELT WILL GET INTO THE CREEKS...STREAMS...AND EVENTUALLY 
INTO THE LARGER RIVERS.
A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT THE UPPER PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND 
INTO TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE EXPECTING A POTENTIAL RAIN EVENT
SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. AT THIS TIME RAINFALL AMOUNTS LOOK LIGHTER 
WITH A COUPLE OF TENTHS OF AN INCH. BY TUESDAY...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW 
AND LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS COULD CHANGE AS SEVERAL 
OF THE ATMOSPHERIC MODELS ARE HINTING AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. A SNOW EVENT
WOULD BE A MORE OPTIMISTIC SOLUTION THAN A RAIN EVENT AS IT WILL NOT 
IMMEDIATELY RUN OFF INTO THE RIVERS. 
SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ABOUT HOW MUCH SNOW WILL MELT...AND HOW MUCH
RAIN AND SNOW WILL FALL...AND HOW MUCH OF THIS COMBINED TOTAL WATER WILL 
ACTUALLY MAKE IT INTO THE RIVER SYSTEMS...BEFORE COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE 
AREA NEXT WEEK.
ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE EVEN HIGHER 
THAN PREDICTED.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS 
DEVELOPING SITUATION AND ISSUE FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS. 

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1207 PM CDT FRI MAR 18 2011
THE FLOOD WATCH IS UPGRADED TO A RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO
* AT 11:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A STAGE OF 25.7 
  FEET BY THURSDAY.
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