McLeod

Tornado Watch
Statement as of 5:28 PM CDT on May 19, 2013


Tornado Watch 180 remains valid until 9 PM CDT this evening for
the following areas

In Minnesota this watch includes 29 counties

In central Minnesota

Kandiyohi McLeod Meeker
Renville Sherburne Sibley
Stearns Wright

In east central Minnesota

Anoka Carver Chisago
Dakota Hennepin Isanti
Ramsey Scott Washington

In south central Minnesota

Blue Earth Brown Faribault
Freeborn Le Sueur Martin
Nicollet Rice Steele
Waseca Watonwan

In southeast Minnesota

Goodhue

In Wisconsin this watch includes 4 counties

In northwest Wisconsin

Polk

In west central Wisconsin

Pepin Pierce St. Croix

This includes the cities of... Albert Lea... Blaine... Blue Earth...
Cambridge... Center City... Chaska... Durand... Elk River...
Fairmont... Faribault... Gaylord... Hastings... Hudson... Hutchinson...
Le Sueur... Litchfield... Mankato... Minneapolis... Monticello...
New Ulm... Olivia... Osceola... Owatonna... Red Wing... River Falls...
Shakopee... St. Cloud... St. James... St. Paul... St. Peter...
Stillwater... Waseca and Willmar.



Flash Flood Watch
Statement as of 2:59 PM CDT on May 19, 2013

... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Monday evening...

The Flash Flood Watch continues for

* portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin... including the following
areas... in Minnesota... Anoka... Benton... Carver... Chisago...
Dakota... Douglas... Freeborn... Goodhue... Hennepin... Isanti...
Kanabec... Kandiyohi... Le Sueur... McLeod... Meeker... Mille
Lacs... Morrison... Nicollet... Pope... Ramsey... Rice... Scott...
Sherburne... Sibley... Stearns... Steele... Stevens... Todd...
Waseca... Washington and Wright. In Wisconsin... Barron...
Chippewa... Dunn... Eau Claire... Pepin... Pierce... Polk... Rusk
and St. Croix.

* Through Monday evening

* a combination of saturated ground and the potential for heavy
rain through early Monday evening could lead to localized areas
of flash flooding.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should flash flood warnings be issued.




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