Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1128 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
1128 PM 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...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LINGERS INTO TUESDAY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
MAY CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS... STREAMS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

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Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1024 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WITH
MUCH OF THE AREA HAVING RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF
RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND...ALONG WITH SOME LOCATIONS HAVING RECEIVED UP TO
FIVE INCHES...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE 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.

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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
1024 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.

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