Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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

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.    WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARRON               BURNETT             DUNN                
PIERCE               POLK                ST. CROIX           
WASHBURN

Flash Flood Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

EAST CENTRAL CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

NORTHERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN     
HAVE FALLEN OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CHISAGO COUNTY AND NORTHERN     
POLK COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE       
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

CENTER CITY...CENTURIA...CLAM FALLS...CUSHING...FREDERIC...LEWIS...

LINDSTROM...LUCK...MILLTOWN...SHAFER...ST CROIX FALLS...TAYLORS
FALLS AND WOLF CREEK.

* THE TRADE RIVER AND WOOD RIVERS NEAR FREDERIC AND ATLAS COULD ALSO 
EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN THE 
TWIN CITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4573 9217 4563 9219 4538 9268 4538 9289
4563 9282 4564 9253 4573 9253

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.

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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 Osceola, L O Simenstad Municipal Airport, .

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Osceola, L O Simenstad Municipal Airport, .