Active Advisories: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Flash Flood Watch
Currently
Reported at Fairmont Municipal Automatic Weather Observing / Reporting System, MN
8:55 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012- 82°F28°C
Clear- Feels Like:83°F28.2°CDew Point:61°F16°CHumidity:48%
Winds:S 21 mph G 2934 kph G 47
Pressure:29.62 in1003 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 307 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MNC001-003-009-013-015-019-021-023-025-035-037-041-043-047-049- 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. &&
