THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN MINNESOTA... ANOKA... BLUE EARTH... BROWN... CARVER... CHIPPEWA... DAKOTA... FARIBAULT... FREEBORN... GOODHUE... HENNEPIN... KANDIYOHI... LE SUEUR... MARTIN... MCLEOD... MEEKER... NICOLLET... RAMSEY... REDWOOD... RENVILLE... RICE... SCOTT... SIBLEY... STEELE... WASECA... WASHINGTON... WATONWAN... WRIGHT AND YELLOW MEDICINE. IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... CHIPPEWA... DUNN... EAU CLAIRE... PEPIN... PIERCE AND ST. CROIX.
* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
* VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ONGOING... AND DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT... COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES AND ISOLATED 4 TO 5 INCH TOTALS.
* FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
.A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. NEW DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO LIKELY OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS . THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BLOOMER... TO THE TWIN CITIES... TO WILLMAR.
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