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HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS WELL AS PONDING OR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.
AS WELL AS PONDING OR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING.
UP TO A HALF INCH WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. A SECOND PART OF THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.
PRODUCING ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AREAS MAINLY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER. SNOW-MELT AND DORMANT VEGETATION. NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING.
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALONG WITH SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WERE RUNNING CLOSE TO BANKFULL. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THERE WILL BE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING AND PONDING IN FIELDS AND DITCHES. ANY ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FROM THESE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING CONDITIONS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 5 AM.
THIS FRONT WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHICH SHOULD NOT PRESENT A GREAT SHORT TERM FLOODING THREAT. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. WITH THE GROUND REMAINING FAIRLY SATURATED FROM PRIOR SNOW MELT AND RECENT AREAS OF RAINFALL.
A WIDE AREA OF STEADY RAIN. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. A SLOW MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THERE WILL BE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING AND PONDING IN FIELDS AND DITCHES.
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AUSTIN 414 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 .
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN CONFINED TO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.