Expires:201305171345;Remove:201305171345;282467
FPUS73 KMPX 171148
NOWMPX
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
648 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

MNZ067-074>078-082>085-091>093-171345-
BLUE EARTH-BROWN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-NICOLLET-
RICE-SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WATONWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...FAIRMONT...MANKATO...
NEW ULM...OWATONNA...RED WING...ST PETER
648 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
.NOW...
VERY HEAVY SHOWERS ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA EAST OF I-35.
RAIN FALL ESTIMATES ARE 1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR I-90 BETWEEN WORTHINGTON
AND ROCHESTER. UP TO 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE IOWA LINE.
STEADY LIGHT RAIN HAS REPLACED THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THIS RAIN
HAS SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE EAST HALF OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...
THE TRAILING EDGE IS LOCATED FROM LAKE MILLE LACS TO ST CLOUD...
HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS AND FAIRMONT.
OUTSIDE OF THE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS SOUTH OF I-90...AN ESTIMATED
WIDESPREAD QUARTER INCH HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL.
ANOTHER TENTH TO QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN
MINNESOTA.
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