...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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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.

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