Weather Alert in Minnesota
Flood Warning issued August 23 at 9:13PM CDT until August 29 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
AREAS AFFECTED: Carver, MN; Scott, MN; Sibley, MN
DESCRIPTION: ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Minnesota... Minnesota River at New Ulm affecting Nicollet, Brown and Blue Earth Counties. Minnesota River at Henderson MN19 affecting Scott, Sibley and Le Sueur Counties. Minnesota River near Jordan affecting Sibley, Carver and Scott Counties. Minnesota River at Granite Falls HWY 212 affecting Yellow Medicine, Renville and Chippewa Counties. Minnesota River at Morton affecting Redwood and Renville Counties. Minnesota River at Montevideo affecting Yellow Medicine, Lac qui Parle and Chippewa Counties. ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Minnesota... Redwood River near Redwood Falls affecting Redwood County. ...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Minnesota... Cottonwood River Above Springfield affecting Brown County. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Minnesota River near Jordan. * WHEN...From Sunday morning to Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 25.0 feet, Low lying areas and some roads along the river begin to flood and private sanitary sewers may experience problems. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 845 PM CDT Saturday, the stage was 24.7 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late tomorrow morning to a crest of 25.4 feet early Monday afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Thursday evening. - Flood stage is 25.0 feet.
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain.
Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period
of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.
Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency
depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have
an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island.
Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of
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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones,
and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and
therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water
droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is
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