National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

A Public Information Statement or Press Release was issued on October 2, 2012 to complete the process to discontinue river forecast services for the Minnesota River at New Ulm. Please see a copy of the statement below.

The NWS AHPS webpage link for this location has been removed. 

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1025 AM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012

TO:      SUBSCRIBERS:
         -FAMILY OF SERVICES
         -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
         -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
          OTHER NWS PARTNERS...USERS AND EMPLOYEES

FROM:    DANIEL LUNA
         METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
         WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE CHANHASSEN MN

SUBJECT: CHANGE EFFECTIVE TODAY OCTOBER 02 2012
         DISCONTINUANCE OF THE RIVER FORECAST POINT ON THE
         MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM/NULM5/

AFTER NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF OF EVALUATION AND DISCUSSION...IT HAS
BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVER FORECASTS
AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOKS FOR THE MINNESOTA RIVER AT NEW ULM WILL
BE DISCONTINUED TODAY OCTOBER 02, 2012.

THE REASONS FOR THE DISCONTINUATION ARE INFREQUENT READINGS AND THE
LACK OF REAL TIME OBSERVATIONS TO ADEQUATELY SUPPORT RIVER
FORECASTS. THE DECISION TO DISCONTINUE RIVER FORECASTS AT NEW ULM
WAS MADE IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF NEW ULM AND THE COUNTIES
OF BROWN AND NICOLLET.

AS OF TODAY OCTOBER 2ND ALL FORECAST AND OUTLOOK SERVICES ARE
DISCONTINUED AND THIS LOCATION HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE NWS
ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE/NWS AHPS/ WEBPAGES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE CHANGES...PLEASE CONTACT:

DIANE COOPER
SERVICE HYDROLOGIST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES - TWIN CITIES MN
1733 LAKE DRIVE WEST
CHANHASSEN, MN 55317-8581
(952)368-2542
EMAIL:DIANE.COOPER@NOAA.GOV

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DFC