Expires:201306162215;Remove:201306162215;693959 FPUS73 KMPX 162019 NOWMPX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 316 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 MNZ041>045-047>059-064>066-162215- BENTON-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DOUGLAS-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI- LAC QUI PARLE-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-POPE-RENVILLE- SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...CAMBRIDGE... HUTCHINSON...MILACA...MONTEVIDEO...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR 316 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013 .NOW... SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH ARE MOVING OUT OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE SHOWERS ARE LOCATED ACROSS BROWNS VALLEY...ORTONVILLE...MORRIS AND BENSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL REACH WILLMAR...PAYNESVILLE AND ALBANY BETWEEN 500 PM AND 530 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A NARROW PATH OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS PART OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIDELY SCATTERED BRIEF SHOWERS ARE MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA AND MAY SWEEP INTO THE CENTRAL THIRD OF MINNESOTA TO THE NORTH OF LONG PRAIRIE AND LITTLE FALLS OVER TOWARDS LAKE MILLE LACS AND HINCKLEY THROUGH 600 PM THIS EVENING. ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED FROM THESE SHOWERS. $$