...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.

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DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE
430 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013



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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND 
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...MORRISON...SHERBURNE...STEARNS 
AND TODD. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ISANTI...KANABEC AND 
MILLE LACS. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DOUGLAS...POPE AND 
STEVENS. 

* 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.

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