...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY...

.MOIST AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA TODAY AND WITH IT COMES
THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. SOILS OVER THE
WATCH AREA ARE VERY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS AND A RECORD WET
SPRING SEASON. ANY RAINFALL WILL HAVE TROUBLE SOAKING INTO THE GROUND
AND COULD CAUSE FLOODED BASEMENTS...SEWER FLOODING...STREET AND
HIGHWAY FLOODING...AND RAPID RISES ON AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
RIVERS.

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY...AND THE
STORMS WILL LIKELY HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. PREPARE NOW FOR THIS POSSIBILITY.

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MITCHELL-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
339 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST IOWA...MITCHELL.
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE... FILLMORE...MOWER...OLMSTED AND
WABASHA.

* FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL
ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN BY MONDAY EXISTS. 

* BASEMENT FLOODING...RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ROAD
CLOSURES ARE ALL POSSIBLE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH
FLOODING SHOULD IT OCCUR. 

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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