670 WGUS83 KMPX 071335 FLSMPX FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 835 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN... CHIPPEWA RIVER AT DURAND AFFECTING BUFFALO AND PEPIN COUNTIES .OVERVIEW... NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BUT THE CHIPPEWA RIVER AT DURAND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14 FEET DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT SNOW MELT. 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. && WIC011-091-081935- /O.EXT.KMPX.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130512T1000Z/ /DURW3.1.RS.130507T0024Z.130508T1800Z.130511T1600Z.NO/ 835 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CHIPPEWA RIVER AT DURAND. * UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * AT 7:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.4 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.1 FEET BY TOMORROW EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...THE BASEMENTS OF WAREHOUSES ALONG THE RIVER BEGIN TO FLOOD. * IMPACT...AT 12.5 FEET...THE NORTH SHORE HIGHWAY BEGINS TO FLOOD. && LAT...LON 4479 9182 4471 9176 4455 9199 4456 9209 4471 9201 $$