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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1253 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012
...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH A SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA
INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...LITTLE FALLS...MORA...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...
HUTCHINSON... THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...OWATONNA...RED
WING...RIVER FALLS...NEW RICHMOND AND BALSAM LAKE.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND BEHIND OF A COLD FRONT THAT AT 12
PM STRETCHED ALONG A LINE FROM RUSH CITY...TO ROCKFORD...TO NEW
ULM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MAY OCCUR IN THE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. THE GROUND IS
NEARLY SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA FROM PREVIOUS
RAINFALL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. REPEATED ROUNDS OF HEAVY
RAIN WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF ALONG WITH TO POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCAL
AMOUNTS AROUND 4 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS EVENING IN
AREAS WHERE REPEATED ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA
1253 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM
CDT THIS AFTERNOON. MOST ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL
FALL EAST OF THIS PORTION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH...THEREFORE IT
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1 PM.
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