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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 
1244 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RIVER FLOOD WARNING 
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...
 
  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...
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT MONTEVIDEO AFFECTING CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI PARLE 
  AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT HENDERSON AFFECTING LE SUEUR...SCOTT AND SIBLEY
  COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR JORDAN AFFECTING CARVER AND SCOTT COUNTIES 
  MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE AFFECTING DAKOTA...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT 
  COUNTIES 
.THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON THE RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED 
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. ON AVERAGE WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES 
WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 6+ INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 
MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL FORM THIS 
AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 7 AM TUESDAY 
WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.25 INCHES. IN ADDITION...WE ARE 
EXPECTING ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE FORECAST RAINFALL WITH THE ACTIVITY EXPECTED 
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE 
FORECASTS. SO THE ADDITIONAL RAINS COULD CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE 
EVEN HIGHER THAN PREDICTED. 
GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE RAINFALL FORECAST FOR TODAY AND 
TUESDAY...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY TO THE RIVER 
FORECASTS AND WHETHER OR NOT LOCATIONS WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE. 
AS CONFIDENCE INCREASES ON THE FORECASTS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR 
FLOODING...FUTURE WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED.  

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1244 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
* AT 11:45 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY WEDNESDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 11.6 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING.
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