Expires:201305181430;Remove:201305181430;329313
FPUS73 KMPX 181228
NOWMPX
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
727 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

MNZ041>045-047>059-064>067-073>078-181430-
BENTON-BROWN-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DOUGLAS-GOODHUE-ISANTI-KANABEC-
KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
NICOLLET-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEVENS-
SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...CAMBRIDGE...
HUTCHINSON...MILACA...MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...RED WING...
REDWOOD FALLS...ST CLOUD...ST PETER...WILLMAR
727 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
.NOW...
VERY HEAVY SHOWERS...AND THE MOST ACTIVE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HAIL CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND REDEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL THIRD OF
MINNESOTA FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO THE TWIN CITIES.
EXPECT TEMPORARY STREET AND POSSIBLY BASEMENT FLOODING. ALSO
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL. MOST OF THE HAIL IS A HALF INCH OR SMALLER.
AT THE SAME TIME...MULTIPLE BANDS OF SHOWERS ARE BOTH DEVELOPING OVER
MINNESOTA...AND MOVING INTO MINNESOTA FROM THE EASTERN DAKOTAS.
IT IS EASIER TO DESCRIBE WHERE IT IS NOT RAINING THIS MORNING. MOST
OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA IS
RAIN FREE THIS MORNING.
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLS WITH HALF INCH TO 1.5 INCHES AND
HAIL ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR I-94 FROM REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH
THE TWIN CITIES...UNTIL 1000 AM THIS MORNING.
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