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FPUS73 KMPX 201144
NOWMPX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
644 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>067-073-201345-
BENTON-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MCLEOD-MEEKER-
MILLE LACS-MORRISON-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-
STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...HUTCHINSON...
MILACA...MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD FALLS...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR
644 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

.NOW...
A BROAD STEADY RAIN AREA WITH NUMEROUS EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS IS
LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
MINNESOTA. AWAY FROM THIS STEADY RAIN SHIELD A THERE ARE
MULTIPLE BANDS OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS FEATHERING ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

THE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OUT OF MINNESOTA INTO THE
DAKOTAS.

THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS ARE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA MOVING THROUGH
APPLETON...BENSON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...SAUK CENTRE...AND ALEXANDRIA
TOWARDS RED RIVER VALLY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA.

PERIODS OF RAIN FALL OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL
WIDESPREAD TENTH INCH WITH SCATTERED QUARTER INCH AMOUNTS...UP TO
ISOLATED HALF INCH RAIN FALL TOTALS THROUGH 1000 AM THIS MORNING.

LIGHTER TENTH INCH OR LESS TOTALS ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH 1000 AM.

$$

MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-201345-
ANOKA-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-RAMSEY-SCOTT-
WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...MINNEAPOLIS...ST PAUL...
STILLWATER
644 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ARE FALLING ACROSS THE NORTH HALF TWIN CITY
METRO THIS MORNING...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTH METRO.

FURTHER NORTH...A BROAD STEADY RAIN AREA WITH NUMEROUS EMBEDDED HEAVY
SHOWERS IS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER
OF MINNESOTA.
AWAY FROM THIS STEADY RAIN SHIELD THERE ARE MULTIPLE BANDS OF LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS FEATHERING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA AND
PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

THE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OUT OF MINNESOTA INTO THE
DAKOTAS.

LIGHTER TENTH INCH OR LESS TOTALS ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH 1000 AM.


$$

WIZ014-015-023>025-201345-
BARRON-DUNN-PIERCE-POLK-ST CROIX-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RICE LAKE
644 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

.NOW...
SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS ARE FALLING ACROSS THE WEST HALF OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...FROM ELLSWORTH NORTH TO
HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND AND BALSAM LAKE.

FURTHER NORTH...A BROAD STEADY RAIN AREA WITH NUMEROUS EMBEDDED HEAVY
SHOWERS IS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER
OF MINNESOTA.
AWAY FROM THIS STEADY RAIN SHIELD THERE ARE MULTIPLE BANDS OF LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS FEATHERING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA AND
PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

THE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OUT OF MINNESOTA INTO THE
DAKOTAS.

LIGHTER TENTH INCH OR LESS TOTALS ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH 1000 AM.

$$

CARLYON