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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
416 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

MNZ067-074>078-082>085-091>093-171115-
BLUE EARTH-BROWN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-NICOLLET-
RICE-SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WATONWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...FAIRMONT...MANKATO...
NEW ULM...OWATONNA...RED WING...ST PETER
416 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.NOW...
VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST ALONG
THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER TO THE SOUTH OF I-90 BETWEEN JACKSON AND
ALBERT LEA. RAIN FALL ESTIMATES ARE 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THIS AREA.

ANOTHER INCH COULD FALL OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY 630 AM.
AFTER 630 AM THE HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE AWAY FROM SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

STEADY RAIN WITH NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS IS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS
MORNING.

THE TRAILING EDGE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF A RED WING TO NORTHFIELD...
MANKATO...ST JAMES...AND JACKSON LINE.

OUTSIDE OF THE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS SOUTH OF I-90...AN ESTIMATED
WIDESPREAD QUARTER INCH HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT.

ANOTHER TENTH TO QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM FARIBAULT TO MANKATO...TO ST JAMES.

$$

MNZ060>063-068>070-171115-
ANOKA-CARVER-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...STILLWATER
416 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.NOW...
RAIN IS ENDING AROUND THE TWIN CITY METRO AREA.

A FEW BANDS OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITY METRO
AREA FROM RIGHT NOW THROUGH 630 AM.

VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST ALONG
THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER TO THE SOUTH OF I-90 BETWEEN JACKSON AND
ALBERT LEA. RAIN FALL ESTIMATES ARE 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THIS AREA.

STEADY RAINS ARE FALLING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FARIBAULT TO MANKATO TO ST JAMES AND WINDOM
THROUGH 630 AM.

OUTSIDE OF THE VERY HEAVY RAIN AREA...EXPECT A WIDESPREAD TENTH
INCH ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
UP TO QUARTER INCH IN A FEW PLACES.

THE TRAILING EDGE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES FROM RED WING
TO NORTHFIELD...MANKATO...ST JAMES...AND JACKSON.


$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-171115-
BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-ST CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE...LADYSMITH...
RICE LAKE
416 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.NOW...
RAIN IS ENDING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BY 630 AM.
A FEW BANDS OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM
RIGHT NOW THROUGH 630 AM.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN. GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO DURAND...AND
RED WING...SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITY METRO AREA OUT TO SIOUX FALLS SOUTH
DAKOTA.

RAIN FALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR AND SOUTH OF I-94 FROM
MENOMONIE TO EAU CLAIRE...WITH A WIDESPREAD TENTH INCH...UP TO
QUARTER INCH IN A FEW PLACES. LESSER AMOUNTS WILL FALL NORTH OF 94.

THE TRAILING EDGE OF RAIN IS LOCATED FROM RICE LAKE TO DURAND.


$$

CARLYON