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FPUS73 KMPX 180830
NOWMPX

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

MNZ041>045-047>059-064>067-075>078-083>085-181030-
BENTON-BLUE EARTH-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DOUGLAS-GOODHUE-ISANTI-KANABEC-
KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
NICOLLET-POPE-RENVILLE-RICE-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEELE-STEVENS-
SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...CAMBRIDGE...
HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...MILACA...MONTEVIDEO...OWATONNA...RED WING...
ST CLOUD...ST PETER...WILLMAR
330 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
VERY HEAVY BRIEF FLOODING TYPES OF SHOWERS...AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HAIL...ARE MOVING OVER THE REGION FROM THE EASTERN DAKOTAS INTO THE
CENTRAL THIRD OF MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THEN
OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

THE MOST ACTIVE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING TOWARDS EASTERN MINNESOTA
FROM MANKATO...GAYLORD GLENCOE...LITCHFIELD AND LONG PRAIRIE TOWARDS
I-35 AND FARIBAULT TO THE TWIN CITY METRO...THEN FROM THE TWIN CITIES
TO PRINCETON...LAKE MILLE LACS...AND BRAINERD.

LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED EARLY THIS MORNING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR
SAUK CENTRE...TO THE WEST OF ST CLOUD. MOST OF THE HAIL IS A HALF
INCH OR SMALLER.
AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS RANDALL AND CAMP
RIPLEY TO THE NORTH OF LITTLE FALLS.

PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL HEAVY RAIN FALLS WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES AND HAIL
ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR I-94 FROM FARGO MOOREHEAD TO ALEXANDRIA
AND ST CLOUD...THEN NORTHWARD TO LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS...
BRAINERD AND LAKE MILLE LACS THROUGH 600 AM THIS MORNING.

$$

MNZ060>063-068>070-181030-
ANOKA-CARVER-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...STILLWATER
330 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
A LINE OF STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IS HEADED TOWARDS THE
TWIN CITY METRO AREA THIS MORNING.

EXPECT BRIEF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAUSING
STREET AND POSSIBLY BASEMENT FLOODING. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL.
MOST OF THE HAIL IS A HALF INCH OR SMALLER.
EARLY THIS MORNING AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF HEAVY RAIN FELL
ACROSS RANDALL AND CAMP RIPLEY TO THE NORTH OF LITTLE FALLS.

THE MOST ACTIVE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING TOWARDS THE TWIN CITIES AND
EASTERN MINNESOTA FROM MANKATO...GAYLORD GLENCOE...LITCHFIELD AND
LONG PRAIRIE TOWARDS I-35 AND FARIBAULT TO THE TWIN CITY METRO...THEN
FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO PRINCETON...LAKE MILLE LACS...AND BRAINERD
BETWEEN NOW AND 630 AM.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-181030-
BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-ST CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE...LADYSMITH...
RICE LAKE
330 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.NOW...
A BAND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS IS EXITING WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN MOVING
NORTHEAST TOWARDS INTO CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

A LINE OF STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IS HEADED TOWARDS THE
TWIN CITY METRO AREA THIS MORNING.

THIS NEW LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS APPROACHING WESTERN WISCONSIN.
BASED ON CURRENT MOVEMENT THE SHOWERS WILL ARRIVE AT THE WISCONSIN
BORDER BETWEEN 530 AM AND 630 AM.

EXPECT BRIEF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAUSING
STREET AND POSSIBLY BASEMENT FLOODING. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL.
MOST OF THE HAIL IS A HALF INCH OR SMALLER.

$$

CARLYON