Glenwood, Minnesota

... Day 3 of 2010 National flood safety awareness week...

Your National Weather Service (nws) invites your participation in
the National flood safety awareness week, March 15-19, 2010.

Today's theme is flooding and related phenomena. Floods occur
nationwide and are the deadliest weather related killer in
the United States. Flooding can be caused by a variety of
weather hazards including snowmelt... ice jams... low pressure
systems... thunderstorms... decaying tropical systems... and debris
flows. The impacts of flooding can range from river flooding... to
urban flooding... to flash flooding. In essance though... all
flooding can be life-threatening... so you need to keep informed of
developing flood situations and be prepared to take quick action
to avoid danger.

Here are some terms we use to inform you of the flood threat.

- A Flood Watch or Flash Flood Watch indicates that conditions
are favorable for flooding to happen.

- A Flood Warning or Flash Flood Warning means flooding is
occurring or imminent.

- Minor flooding is when minimal or no property damage is
expected to occur... but the flooding could possibly cause some
public threat or inconvenience.

- Moderate flooding is when some inundation of structures and
roads near streams will occur. Some evacuations of people
and/or a Transfer of property to higher elevations are
necessary.

- Major flooding is when there is extensive inundation of
structures and roads along with possible significant
evacuations of people and/or Transfer of property to higher
elevations.

Additional information about ahps and flood safety
awareness week is available at:

Www.Weather.Gov/floodsafety/ (all lower case)