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HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1203 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2009
...Precipitation...
Precipitation fell across the entire region during the past 24
hours. Heavy rain continued across the far eastern sections while
rain changed to snow across the northwest. Along a southeastern
Missouri to lower Michigan rainfall amounts were generally in the
inch to inch and a half range while to the north and west amounts
were generally a quarter inch or less. In northern third of
Minnesota around an inch of water equivalent was reported. This
precipitation started as rain and changed to snow Friday. Snowfall
amounts were generally 2 inches or less.
During the next day precipitation is expected to fall across the
north...from Minnesota...northern Wisconsin and the upper
peninsula and northern lower Michigan. Water equivalents of a
tenth of an inch or less are expected.
This precipitation is froecast to continue Sunday into Monday and
add another tenth of an inch by Monday morning. By Tuesday only
Michigan should see precipitation. A tenth to quarter inch water
equivalent could be received.
...Hydrologic Conditions...
Flooding continues over a large part of the NCRFC area. From
the Red River of the North ... in the Fargo North Dakota area
... to central and eastern Iowa ... eastern Missouri ...
Illinois and Michigan.
Moderate flooding is occuring over south eastern Iowa ...
northeast Missouri and in Illinois.
For additional and more in-depth information concerning river
forecasts...precipitation and all hydrometeorological information
in the NCRFC area of responsibility...please refer to the NCRFC
web page at: http://www.weather.gov/ncrfc
Emergency Call Back List: LNE ... DAM ... MMZ ... JDT
If no response from this list... call the DOH...SCH or HIC.
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