Expires:201305181630;Remove:201305181630;332790 FPUS73 KMPX 181426 NOWMPX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 926 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 MNZ043>045-049>053-058-059-065>067-073>078-181630- BENTON-BROWN-CHISAGO-GOODHUE-ISANTI-KANABEC-LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER- MILLE LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY- STEARNS-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...HUTCHINSON...MILACA... NEW ULM...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS...ST CLOUD...ST PETER 926 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 .NOW... VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THE MOST ACTIVE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND REDEVELOP OVER THE EAST CENTRAL THIRD OF MINNESOTA FROM GAYLORD AND LE SUEUR TO THE TWIN CITIES. EXPECT TEMPORARY STREET AND POSSIBLY BASEMENT FLOODING. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL. MOST OF THE HAIL IS A PEA SIZED. AT THE SAME TIME...MULTIPLE BANDS OF SHOWERS ARE FALLING ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN MINNESOTA FROM BRAINERD AND LITTLE FALLS TO LAKE MILLE LACS AND THE TWIN CITY METRO. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLS WITH HALF INCH TO 1.5 INCHES AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER FROM LE SUEUR THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES...UNTIL NOON TODAY. $$