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Flash Flood Watch
MNZ053-057>063-066>070-075>078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
192230-
/O.EXB.KMPX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-130521T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
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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Special Weather Statement
MNZ051-052-059>063-070-191215-
ANOKA-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-RAMSEY-SHERBURNE-WASHINGTON-WRIGHT-
626 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ANOKA...DAKOTA...HENNEPIN...ISANTI...
RAMSEY...SHERBURNE...WASHINGTON AND WRIGHT COUNTIES THROUGH 715 AM
CDT...

AT 620 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BUFFALO TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAGAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...SAINT PAUL...AND THE SURROUNDING SUBURBS.
MINNEAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
BUFFALO.
INDEPENDENCE.
ANOKA.
ELK RIVER.
BETHEL.
LINO LAKES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

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LAT...LON 4535 9301 4530 9301 4530 9292 4522 9280
4466 9313 4488 9353 4489 9353 4489 9355
4511 9395 4556 9366 4556 9352 4562 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 203DEG 41KT 4515 9380 4481 9317

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