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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 187 UNTIL
3 AM CDT MONDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 180.
THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA

FLOYD                 MITCHELL              

IN NORTHEAST IOWA

ALLAMAKEE             CHICKASAW             CLAYTON              
FAYETTE               HOWARD                WINNESHIEK           

IN MINNESOTA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

FILLMORE              HOUSTON               MOWER                
OLMSTED               WABASHA               WINONA               

IN WISCONSIN THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

BUFFALO               

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AUSTIN...CALEDONIA...CHARLES CITY...
CRESCO...DECORAH...ELKADER...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...OSAGE...
ROCHESTER...RUSHFORD...WABASHA...WAUKON AND WINONA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...
SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
WESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
WARNED AREA. ESTIMATES SHOW BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN    
OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO       
MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...ADAMS...GRAND MEADOW...LE ROY...RICEVILLE...SPRING
VALLEY AND STEWARTVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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LAT...LON 4406 9232 4338 9242 4330 9272 4398 9279

...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY...

.PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
MONDAY...CAPABLE OF BRINGING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. SOILS OVER
THE WATCH AREA ARE 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 BACKUPS...STREET
AND HIGHWAY FLOODING...AND RAPID RISES ON AREA
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS.

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



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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... 
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA... 
MITCHELL. IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...DODGE...FILLMORE...MOWER... 
OLMSTED AND WABASHA. 

* THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

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

* 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.

&&