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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
926 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

MNZ043>045-049>053-058-059-065>067-073>078-181630-
BENTON-BROWN-CHISAGO-GOODHUE-ISANTI-KANABEC-LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER-
MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-
STEARNS-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...HUTCHINSON...MILACA...
NEW ULM...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...ST CLOUD...ST PETER
926 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THE MOST ACTIVE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND REDEVELOP OVER THE EAST CENTRAL THIRD OF
MINNESOTA FROM GAYLORD AND LE SUEUR TO THE TWIN CITIES.

EXPECT TEMPORARY STREET AND POSSIBLY BASEMENT FLOODING. ALSO
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL. MOST OF THE HAIL IS A PEA SIZED.

AT THE SAME TIME...MULTIPLE BANDS OF SHOWERS ARE FALLING ACROSS
THE REST OF EASTERN MINNESOTA FROM BRAINERD AND LITTLE FALLS TO
LAKE MILLE LACS AND THE TWIN CITY METRO.

PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLS WITH HALF INCH TO 1.5 INCHES AND
SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER
FROM LE SUEUR THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...UNTIL NOON TODAY.

$$

MNZ060>063-068>070-181630-
ANOKA-CARVER-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...STILLWATER
926 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THE MOST ACTIVE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND REDEVELOP OVER THE EAST CENTRAL THIRD OF
MINNESOTA FROM GAYLORD AND LE SUEUR TO THE TWIN CITIES.

EXPECT TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING AND POSSIBLY BASEMENT FLOODING.
ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL. MOST OF THE HAIL IS A PEA SIZED.

AT THE SAME TIME...MULTIPLE BANDS OF SHOWERS ARE FALLING ACROSS
THE REST OF EASTERN MINNESOTA FROM BRAINERD AND LITTLE FALLS TO
LAKE MILLE LACS AND THE TWIN CITY METRO.

PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLS WITH HALF INCH TO 1.5 INCHES AND
SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER
FROM LE SUEUR THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...UNTIL NOON TODAY.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-181630-
BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-ST CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE...LADYSMITH...
RICE LAKE
926 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
STEADY RAIN WITH NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS...A SPREADING OUT OF EASTERN
MINNESOTA TO RICE LAKE...SPRING VALLEY AND ELLSWORTH IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

VERY HEAVY SHOWERS...AND THE MOST ACTIVE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HAIL CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND REDEVELOP OVER THE TWIN CITIES AND
THEN MOVE INTO WISCONSIN.

EXPECT A WIDESPREAD TENTH TO QUARTER INCH WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY
SHOWERS OF HALF INCH TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN CAUSING STREET FLOODING
AND POSSIBLY BASEMENT FLOODING. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL. MOST OF
THE HAIL IS PEA SIZED.

$$

CARLYON
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
