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Flood Advisory

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
343 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MNC003-019-037-053-123-139-163-192330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FA.Y.0003.130519T2043Z-130519T2330Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ANOKA MN-CARVER MN-DAKOTA MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-SCOTT MN-
WASHINGTON MN-
343 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA
  WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH
  CENTRAL MINNESOTA MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD THE METRO AREA. DOPPLER
  RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN
  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM CELLS. THESE RAINFALL RATES WILL CAUSE
  LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN AREAS OF THE
  TWIN CITIES METRO AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO
  OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER
  CROSSINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4471 9287 4471 9362 4521 9360 4523 9287

$$

JLT








Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
259 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

.SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
MONDAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE TONIGHT. WITH
MUCH OF THE AREA HAVING RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN ON SATURDAY...ALONG WITH SOME LOCATIONS HAVING RECEIVED UP TO
FIVE INCHES...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT
TIMES. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE QUICK RISES TO SMALLER
RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ALSO FLOODED AREA ROADWAYS.

MNZ041>045-047>053-057>063-066>070-075>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-200500-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-
ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-
RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
259 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...CARVER...CHISAGO...
  DAKOTA...DOUGLAS...FREEBORN...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...
  KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE
  LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...POPE...RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT...
  SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...STEELE...STEVENS...TODD...
  WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...
  CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK
  AND ST. CROIX.

* THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* A COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUND AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
  RAIN THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS
  OF FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

&&

$$







Tornado Watch

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 180
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
110 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

TORNADO WATCH 180 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR THE
 FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

MNC003-013-015-019-023-025-033-037-039-043-045-047-049-053-055-
059-063-067-073-079-083-085-091-093-099-101-103-109-121-123-127-
129-131-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-157-161-163-165-169-171-173-
200200-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0180.130519T1810Z-130520T0200Z/

MN
.    MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ANOKA                BLUE EARTH          BROWN
CARVER               CHIPPEWA            CHISAGO
COTTONWOOD           DAKOTA              DODGE
FARIBAULT            FILLMORE            FREEBORN
GOODHUE              HENNEPIN            HOUSTON
ISANTI               JACKSON             KANDIYOHI
LAC QUI PARLE        LE SUEUR            LYON
MARTIN               MCLEOD              MEEKER
MOWER                MURRAY              NICOLLET
OLMSTED              POPE                RAMSEY
REDWOOD              RENVILLE            RICE
SCOTT                SHERBURNE           SIBLEY
STEARNS              STEELE              STEVENS
SWIFT                WABASHA             WASECA
WASHINGTON           WATONWAN            WINONA
WRIGHT               YELLOW MEDICINE
$$




Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
359 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MNZ053-060>063-067>070-075>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
200900-
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
359 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY
FOR PROLONGED PERIODS. THERE IS A RISK THAT FLOODING...OR EVEN FLASH
FLOODING...MAY OCCUR IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT RECEIVED
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND ABNORMALLY HIGH TOTALS THUS FAR
THIS MONTH. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS...
STREAMS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. IN ADDITION TO THE
HEAVY RAIN...SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE THROUGH TONIGHT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NEARLY THE
ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. PRIMARY HAZARDS ARE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ON MONDAY.
THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS... STREAMS...AND
MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...THROUGH
TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON MONDAY.

$$








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