...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY 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 TWO 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
501 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013



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

* A COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUND AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAIN THROUGH EARLY THIS 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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