Expires:201104041706;Remove:201104041706;000002 WGUS63 KMPX 041636 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1136 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...THE FLOOD WATCH IS UPGRADED TO A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN... ST CROIX RIVER AT STILLWATER AFFECTING WASHINGTON...PIERCE AND ST CROIX COUNTIES ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN... MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED WING AFFECTING DAKOTA...GOODHUE AND PIERCE COUNTIES .OVERVIEW... THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON SATURATED GROUND FROM PREVIOUS AND ON GOING SNOW MELT...AND OR THE PRECIPITATION RECEIVED SINCE SUNDAY AND OR FUTURE SNOW MELT WHERE APPROPRIATE...AND THE FORECAST PRECIPITATION OUT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND ISSUE FOLLOWUP STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS OR FORECASTS CHANGE. MNC163-WIC093-109-041706- /O.CAN.KMPX.FL.A.0022.110409T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /STLM5.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 1136 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 THE FLOOD WATCH IS UPGRADED TO A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ST CROIX RIVER AT STILLWATER * AT 11:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 85.6 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 87.7 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. $$