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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 
1148 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2011
...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR THE 
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...
 
  REDWOOD RIVER NEAR REDWOOD FALLS AFFECTING REDWOOD COUNTY
  COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND 
  NICOLLET COUNTIES
  SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY
...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO AFFECTING WRIGHT COUNTY 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WATCH 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 
  CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES 
.THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON WARM TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS...THAT WILL RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT.
THIS WILL LEAD TO RIVER RISES AND POSSIBLE RIVER FLOODING STARTING  
THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK ON SOME OF THE SMALLER RIVERS OVER 
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ABOUT HOW MUCH SNOW WILL MELT...AND 
HOW MUCH RAIN 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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1148 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2011
THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM
* AT 11:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A STAGE OF 17.6 FEET 
  BY WEDNESDAY MARCH 23RD.
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