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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1038 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024

...The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a 
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Minnesota...

  South Fork Crow River at Delano affecting Hennepin and Wright 
  Counties.

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and 
increased in duration for the following rivers in Minnesota...

  South Fork Crow River below Mayer affecting Carver County.

.Heavy rain over the next week will lead to significant rises on 
area rivers, with major flooding already forecast to occur at 
Delano. Please note, our river forecasts only include the next 24 
hours of forecast precipitation. River stages have the potential to 
end up higher, and crest longer, than the current forecast shows by 
the end of the week.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive 
cars through flooded areas.

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1038 AM CDT Sun Jun 16 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER 
NOTICE...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...South Fork Crow River below Mayer.

* WHEN...From this afternoon until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Road to the Watertown Waste Water 
  Treatment plant is flooded. Yale Avenue flooded between County 
  Road 30 and 78th Street; and 62nd Street west of County Road 33 to 
  Yancy Avenue is closed.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 930 AM CDT Sunday, the stage was 9.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this afternoon and continue rising to a crest of 15.5
    feet Tuesday morning.
  - Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    15.4 feet on 03/27/2019.

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LAT...LON 4498 9380 4494 9384 4489 9386 4483 9393
      4482 9396 4484 9399 4484 9401 4488 9401
      4486 9396 4494 9387 4498 9385

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