THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS AFFECTING
MINNESOTA AND 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
MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND NICOLLET
COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT HENDERSON AFFECTING LE SUEUR...SCOTT AND SIBLEY
COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER NEAR JORDAN AFFECTING CARVER AND SCOTT COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT SHAKOPEE AFFECTING CARVER...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT
COUNTIES
MINNESOTA RIVER AT SAVAGE AFFECTING DAKOTA...HENNEPIN AND SCOTT
COUNTIES
COTTONWOOD RIVER AT NEW ULM AFFECTING BLUE EARTH...BROWN AND
NICOLLET COUNTIES
CROW RIVER AT ROCKFORD MN AFFECTING HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES
SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY
SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER AT DELANO MN AFFECTING WRIGHT COUNTY
WASHINGTON AND PIERCE COUNTIES
LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE AFFECTING TODD COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST PAUL AFFECTING DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HASTINGS L/D 2 AFFECTING DAKOTA...

..THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...

SAUK RIVER AT ST CLOUD AFFECTING STEARNS COUNTY

...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...

MINNESOTA RIVER AT MANKATO AFFECTING BLUE EARTH AND NICOLLET
COUNTIES

.AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL ROTATE NORTHEAST OUT OF NEBRASKA AND
THE DAKOTAS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
LIGHT RAIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE UPPER MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND
THE LONG PRAIRIE BASINS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WEAK
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MINNESOTA VALLEY
AND THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON TUESDAY. BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL BE
MOISTURE STARVED SO ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF
AN INCH IS EXPECTED. HENCE THE PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE LITTLE TO NO
IMPACT TO THE RIVER FORECASTS.

ANOTHER FACTOR IMPACTING THE SNOWMELT IS OUR CONTINUED ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL RANGE SIGNIFICANTLY
ACROSS THE STATE FROM THE MID 30 IN THE UPPER AND MIDDLE MINNESOTA
VALLEY TO THE LOWER 40S IN THE CROW AND LOWER END OF THE
LONG PRAIRIE SYSTEMS. FOR FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA...HIGHS
WILL BE IN THE MID 50S. FOR TUESDAY...HIGHS WILL BE COOLER
TYPICALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL WARM AGAIN...RANGING FROM THE
LOWER TO MID 50S ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
OVERNIGHT LOWS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL REMAIN ABOVE
FREEZING...SO NO REFREEZING IS EXPECTED. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT
ACROSS THE UPPER MINNESOTA VALLEY LOWS WILL DROP TO AROUND 30.
BUT GIVEN THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR ONLY A FEW
HOURS...LITTLE REFREEZING OF THE SNOWPACK WILL OCCUR.

ICE AND DEBRIS JAMS REMAIN A CONCERN AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU OBSERVE AN ICE OR DEBRIS JAM PLEASE REPORT THIS TO
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. YOU CAN EMAIL REPORTS DIRECTLY TO
THE NWS VIA MPX.SPOTTER@NOAA.GOV.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFERENCE THE SPRING FLOOD MONITOR AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MPX/?N=SPRINGFLOODING
ALL LOWER CASE

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.



MNC037-123-163-152003-
/O.CON.KMPX.FL.W.0012.100320T1630Z-000000T0000Z/
/STPM5.2.SM.100320T1630Z.100321T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
304 PM CDT SUN MAR 14 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST PAUL.
* AT 2:15 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.2 FEET BY NEXT TUESDAY EVENING MARCH 23RD.
ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 14.0 FEET...PORTIONS OF THE LILLYDALE PARK AREA
BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS LEVEL COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 15.1 FEET
ON APR 10 1994.

$$
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Hydrologic Outlook - Ramsey (Minnesota)

THE SAINT CROIX RIVER AT STILLWATER
THE REDWOOD RIVER AT REDWOOD FALLS
THE CHIPPEWA RIVER AT FALL CREEK WISCONSIN

DUE TO THE RAIN AND SNOWMELT OVER THE PAST WEEK...MANY STREAMS
AND RIVERS ACROSS MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WISCONSIN ARE RUNNING
VERY HIGH. WITHIN BANK RISES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL ROTATE NORTHEAST OUT OF NEBRASKA AND
THE DAKOTAS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
LIGHT RAIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE UPPER MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY AND
THE LONG PRAIRIE BASINS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER WEAK
UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MINNESOTA VALLEY
AND THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON TUESDAY. BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL BE
MOISTURE STARVED. SO ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF
AN INCH...IS EXPECTED. HENCE THE PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE LITTLE
TO NO IMPACT TO THE RIVER FORECASTS.

ANOTHER FACTOR IMPACTING THE SNOWMELT IS THE CONTINUED ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL RANGE SIGNIFICANTLY
ACROSS MINNESOTA FROM THE MID 30 IN WESTERN MINNESOTA TO THE
LOWER 40S PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FOR FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 50S. FOR
TUESDAY...HIGHS WILL BE COOLER TYPICALLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL WARM
AGAIN...RANGING FROM THE LOWER TO MID 50S ACROSS THE REGION.LOWS
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING...SO NO REFREEZING
IS EXPECTED. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA LOWS
WILL DROP TO AROUND 30. BUT GIVEN THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW
FREEZING FOR ONLY A FEW HOURS...LITTLE REFREEZING OF THE SNOW PACK
WILL OCCUR. ELSEWHERE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING.

AS THE SNOW MELT CONTINUES AND WE ARE ABLE TO BETTER GAGE HOW
QUICKLY THE WATER WILL MOVE THROUGH THE RIVER BASINS...UPDATES TO
THE FORECAST WILL BE LIKELY AND ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL RIVER
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED.

IN ADDITION TO THE MAINSTEM RIVERS HIGHLIGHTED ABOVE...SEVERAL
RIVERS IN THE CROW AND MINNESOTA SYSTEMS INCLUDING BUFFALO
CREEK...BLUE EARTH RIVER...LE SUEUR RIVER...AND JORDAN CREEK HAVE
HAD ISSUES WITH ICE JAMS RESULTING IN RIVERS OVERFLOWING THEIR
BANKS. OTHER RIVERS FARTHER UPSTREAM IN THE MINNESOTA
BASIN...INCLUDING THE MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA...ARE MAINLY STILL ICE
COVERED. HOWEVER AS THE ICE CONTINUES TO MELT AND BREAK UP...THE
HEADWATERS OF THE MINNESOTA WILL BECOME MORE PRONE TO ICE AND
DEBRIS JAMS.


ICE AND DEBRIS JAMS REMAIN A CONCERN AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU OBSERVE AN ICE OR DEBRIS JAM PLEASE REPORT THIS TO
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. YOU CAN EMAIL REPORTS DIRECTLY TO
THE NWS VIA MPX.SPOTTER@NOAA.GOV.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFERENCE THE SPRING FLOOD MONITOR AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MPX/?N=SPRINGFLOODING
ALL LOWER CASE


$$

DFC
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage