Severe Thunderstorm Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

NORTHERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

SOUTHERN ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 821 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK PARK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PLYMOUTH...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...

RAMSEY...

ANDOVER...

HAM LAKE...

CEDAR...

EAST BETHEL...

ST FRANCIS...

ISANTI...

BODUM...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

&&

LAT...LON 4555 9303 4553 9302 4521 9309 4523 9347
4557 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 197DEG 27KT 4522 9325
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 307 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

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053-059-065-067-073-079-085-091-093-095-097-103-115-121-123-127-
129-131-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-153-161-163-165-171-173-
280600-
/O.CON.KWNS.SV.A.0307.000000T0000Z-120528T0600Z/

MN 

.    MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AITKIN               ANOKA               BENTON              
BLUE EARTH           BROWN               CARVER              
CASS                 CHIPPEWA            CHISAGO             
CROW WING            DAKOTA              DOUGLAS             
FARIBAULT            FREEBORN            GOODHUE             
HENNEPIN             ISANTI              KANABEC             
KANDIYOHI            LAC QUI PARLE       LE SUEUR            
MCLEOD               MARTIN              MEEKER              
MILLE LACS           MORRISON            NICOLLET            
PINE                 POPE                RAMSEY              
REDWOOD              RENVILLE            RICE                
SCOTT                SHERBURNE           SIBLEY              
STEARNS              STEELE              STEVENS             
SWIFT                TODD                WASECA              
WASHINGTON           WATONWAN            WRIGHT              
YELLOW MEDICINE

Flash Flood Watch

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT...

.A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY MORNING.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE THE TWIN CITIES...MANKATO...

FAIRMONT... REDWOOD FALLS...WILLMAR...ST CLOUD...LITTLE FALLS...

MORA...CAMBRIDGE...AND BALSAM LAKE.

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH POTENTIAL RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS 2 INCHES
PER HOUR OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT
THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA.

AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWS LATER THIS EVENING...AND A SURFACE
LOW MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG IT...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONTAL
BOUNDARY. THIS IS SIMILAR TO LAST WEEKS SYSTEM THAT DROPPED
LOCALLY TWO TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS A BROAD AREA OF SOUTHWEST...TO
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN DUE TO THE PAST HEAVY
RAINFALL EVENT...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RUNOFF
QUICKLY...AND CREATE FLOODING. DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL TERRAIN...

FLOOD PRONE OR URBAN AREAS...SOME OF THE FLOODING COULD DEVELOP
INTO FLASH FLOODING...WHICH IS RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST ON
MONDAY...COULD RANGE FROM ONE INCH...TO LOCALLY THREE OR FOUR
INCHES...IF SOME OF THE STORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.

MNZ043>045-049>053-057>063-065>070-073>076-082-083-091-WIZ014-
280530-
/O.CON.KMPX.FF.A.0003.120527T2200Z-120528T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...

ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...

WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...

ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...

SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...

LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE
426 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

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

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING THE 
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN MINNESOTA...ANOKA...BENTON...BLUE EARTH...

BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI... 
KANABEC...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MARTIN...MCLEOD...MEEKER... 
MILLE LACS...MORRISON...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...REDWOOD... 
RENVILLE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...STEARNS...WASHINGTON...

WATONWAN AND WRIGHT. IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...POLK. 

* THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY 
TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

* FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 
HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME FREQUENTLY CAUSE URBAN 
FLOODING AND CAN WASH OUT RURAL ROADS. ANY GROUND THAT IS 
SATURATED WILL ADD TO FLOODING POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION TO THE 
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO RESULT 
IN FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS. 

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.

&&

Hazardous Weather Outlook

1106 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

IT WILL BE HOT AND HUMID OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH 
TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE UPPER 80S TO MIDDLE 90S. THE HEAT 
INDEX WILL APPROACH NEAR 100 DEGREES OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN 
MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS 
TODAY IF YOU WORK OR SPEND EXTENSIVE TIME OUTSIDE.

IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
WESTERN MINNESOTA AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES IN FROM THE DAKOTAS.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE... AS WELL AS A FEW
TORNADOES. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TONIGHT AS THEY PASS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN. FLOODING MAY ALSO DEVELOP 
ALONG THE ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FEW NON SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Cambridge Municipal, .

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Cambridge Municipal, .