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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 180 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 36 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

KANDIYOHI             MCLEOD                MEEKER               
RENVILLE              SHERBURNE             SIBLEY               
STEARNS               WRIGHT                

IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

ANOKA                 CARVER                CHISAGO              
DAKOTA                HENNEPIN              ISANTI               
RAMSEY                SCOTT                 WASHINGTON           

IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

BLUE EARTH            BROWN                 FARIBAULT            
FREEBORN              LE SUEUR              MARTIN               
NICOLLET              RICE                  STEELE               
WASECA                WATONWAN              

IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

GOODHUE               

IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

REDWOOD               

IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

CHIPPEWA              LAC QUI PARLE         POPE                 
STEVENS               SWIFT                 YELLOW MEDICINE      

IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

POLK                  

IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

PEPIN                 PIERCE                ST. CROIX            

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...BENSON...BLAINE...
BLUE EARTH...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...CHASKA...DURAND...
ELK RIVER...FAIRMONT...FARIBAULT...GAYLORD...GLENWOOD...
GRANITE FALLS...HASTINGS...HUDSON...HUTCHINSON...LE SUEUR...
LITCHFIELD...MADISON...MANKATO...MINNEAPOLIS...MONTEVIDEO...
MONTICELLO...MORRIS...NEW ULM...OLIVIA...OSCEOLA...OWATONNA...
RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...RIVER FALLS...SHAKOPEE...ST. CLOUD...
ST. JAMES...ST. PAUL...ST. PETER...STILLWATER...
WASECA AND WILLMAR.

...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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