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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 
835 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012

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

  LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE AFFECTING TODD COUNTY 

.THIS RIVER FORECAST IS BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 0.5 TO 1.0  
INCHES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND FORECAST RAINFALL OF NEARLY 2.0 INCHES BY SUNDAY EVENING.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND ISSUE 
FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AND UPGRADE TO A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IF NECESSARY. 

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835 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR
  THE LONG PRAIRIE RIVER AT LONG PRAIRIE
* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 7:15 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BY MID WEEK.
* BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.0 FEET.

* FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE 
  RIVER IS FORECAST TO REACH NEAR FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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