324 WGUS63 KMPX 111823 FFAMPX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1223 PM CST THU MAR 11 2010 ...THE FLOOD WATCH IS BEING UPGRADED TO A RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN MINNESOTA... SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER AFFECTING CARVER COUNTY .WITH THE RAINFALL RECEIVED ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO TODAY AS WELL AS THE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TONIGHT...RIVER LEVELS ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CROW RIVER AT MAYER ARE RISING MORE QUICKLY. HENCE THIS LOCATION IS BEING UPGRADED TO A RIVER FLOOD WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS FLOOD EVENT. && MNC019-111853- /O.CAN.KMPX.FL.A.0001.100313T1400Z-000000T0000Z/ /MAYM5.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 1223 PM CST THU MAR 11 2010 THE FLOOD WATCH IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING THE SOUTH FORK CROW RIVER BELOW MAYER * AT 11:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.1 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH A MAXIMUM STAGE OF 15.4 FEET BY MONDAY EVENING. $$ DFC