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MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 
520 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NORTHWEST UNTIL 800 PM...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED TO RUMBLE...ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF 
THE GOPHER STATE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 
WEST OF A FERGUS FALLS TO APPLETON LINE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 
FORMING...ALONG A NORTH TO SOUTH COLD FRONT...WHICH WAS APPROACHING 
THE MINNESOTA/DAKOTAS BORDER.  THIS FRONT WAS TAPPING INTO 
JUICY...TROPICAL-LADEN AIR...AHEAD OF IT.  DEW POINTS WERE 
STEAMY...INTO THE MIDDLE 70S ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN 
PORTIONS OF THE STATE.  

IN THE NORTHWEST...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE WILD RICE 
RIVER...AS WELL AS FOR LAKE OF THE WOODS AND ROSEAU COUNTIES...WHERE 
HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WEEKEND HAS CAUSED VERY HIGH RIVER 
LEVELS...AND FLOODING OF STREETS AND FIELDS.

TONIGHT...LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE EASTWARD 
AND DRAG THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE STATE.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.  IN  
NORTHERN MINNESOTA...A WARM FRONT...COMBINED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE 
SYSTEM...WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
SPREADING WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT.

TOMORROW...MUCH DRIER AIR WILL INFILTRATE THE STATE...BEHIND THE 
COLD FRONT.  HOWEVER...A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL PASS THROUGH THE 
SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE...IGNITING A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE FAR 
SOUTH.  OTHERWISE...SKIES SHOULD BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S NORTH TO THE 
SULTRY...UPPER 60S IN THE SOUTHEAST.  HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE 
FROM THE 70S IN THE NORTH TO THE LOWER 80S SOUTH.

 
GRAMS/HENRY/BRANDT