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Short Term Forecast
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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1148 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

MNZ054>059-064>067-073>078-082>085-091>093-170645-
BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CHIPPEWA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-KANDIYOHI-
LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-NICOLLET-REDWOOD-
RENVILLE-RICE-SIBLEY-STEELE-SWIFT-WASECA-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...BENSON...FAIRMONT...
HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...OWATONNA...RED WING...
REDWOOD FALLS...ST PETER...WILLMAR
1148 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

.NOW...
MULTIPLE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
OUT OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND IOWA INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITY METRO AREA
TO SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE SHOWERS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 FROM MANKATO TO ST JAMES AND WINDOM...AND SOUTH
TO THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER THROUGH 400 AM...EXPECT A WIDESPREAD
HALF INCH...UP TO TWO INCHES IN LOCALIZED SPOTS...OVER THIS PART
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

OTHERWISE...EXPECT A WIDESPREAD TENTH INCH ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...UP TO QUARTER INCH IN A FEW PLACES.

THE TRAILING EDGE OF RAIN IS LOCATED FROM OLIVIA...TO REDWOOD FALLS
AND PIPESTONE MINNESOTA OUT TO MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA.

$$

MNZ060>063-068>070-170645-
ANOKA-CARVER-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...STILLWATER
1148 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

.NOW...
A FEW BANDS OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TWIN CITY METRO AREA
FROM RIGHT NOW THROUGH 400 AM.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA. GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITY METRO AREA TO
SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA.

HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 FROM MANKATO TO ST JAMES AND WINDOM...AND SOUTH
TO THE MINNESOTA IOWA BORDER THROUGH 400 AM...EXPECT A WIDESPREAD
HALF INCH...UP TO TWO INCHES IN LOCALIZED SPOTS...OVER THIS PART
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

OTHERWISE...EXPECT A WIDESPREAD TENTH INCH ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...UP TO QUARTER INCH IN A FEW PLACES.

THE TRAILING EDGE OF RAIN IS LOCATED FROM OLIVIA...TO REDWOOD FALLS
AND PIPESTONE MINNESOTA OUT TO MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-170645-
BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-ST CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE...LADYSMITH...
RICE LAKE
1148 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

.NOW...
A FEW BANDS OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM
RIGHT NOW THROUGH 400 AM.

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

OTHERWISE...EXPECT A WIDESPREAD TENTH INCH ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...UP TO QUARTER INCH IN A FEW PLACES.

THE TRAILING EDGE OF RAIN IS LOCATED FROM OLIVIA...TO REDWOOD FALLS
AND PIPESTONE MINNESOTA OUT TO MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA.

$$

CARLYON
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
