2 products issued by NWS for:
Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 430 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .SEVERAL ROUNDS OF ACTIVE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY. WITH MUCH OF THE AREA HAVING RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ON SATURDAY...ALONG WITH SOME LOCATIONS HAVING RECEIVED UP TO 5 INCHES...THERE IS A HEIGHTENED POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH SOME OF THE RAIN BEING HEAVY AT TIMES AND IN PROLONGED DURATIONS. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE QUICK RISES TO SMALLER RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND ALSO FLOOD AREA ROADWAYS. MNZ053-057>063-066>070-075>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 192230- /O.EXB.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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...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 430 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA... ANOKA...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...FREEBORN...GOODHUE... HENNEPIN...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD...MEEKER...NICOLLET... RAMSEY...RICE...SCOTT...SIBLEY...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT. IN WISCONSIN...BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE...PEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RUSK AND ST. CROIX. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * A COMBINATION OF THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND THE EXPECTED 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. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 359 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 MNZ053-060>063-067>070-075>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 200900- CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- 359 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY FOR PROLONGED PERIODS. THERE IS A RISK THAT FLOODING...OR EVEN FLASH FLOODING...MAY OCCUR IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND ABNORMALLY HIGH TOTALS THUS FAR THIS MONTH. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS... STREAMS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NEARLY THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. PRIMARY HAZARDS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ON MONDAY. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS... STREAMS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...THROUGH TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. $$