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ABUS30 KMSP 211649
SWSMN 

MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1130 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2002

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE RAIN HAS
BEEN QUITE HEAVY...WITH 4.20 INCHES REPORTED AT KENYON...CAUSING SOME
FLOODING PROBLEMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE STATE HAVE SEEN MAINLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SOME SUNNY 
BREAKS ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. LATE MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE 
IN THE LOW TO MID 60S SOUTH AND CENTRAL WITH LOWER 70S FAR NORTH.
WINDS WERE FAIRLY LIGHT FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST.

A  UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ALONG A WARM FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE
MINNESOTA/IOWA BORDER....WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY ACROSS THE STATE. THE DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE TO THE EAST THIS
AFTERNOON...WHICH ALLOW THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DIMINISH ACROSS
THE SOUTHWEST. THE REST OF THE SOUTH AND MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE NORTH SHOULD
BE DRY WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID
70S TO THE LOWER 80S. 
 
THE WARM LIFTS INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH THE
MAIN FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTING INTO THAT PART OF THE 
STATE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN
MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL 
EXIST ACROSS THE SOUTH UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE
FROM THE UPPER 50S NORTH TO AROUND 70 SOUTH. HIGHS SATURDAY WILL REACH
INTO THE LOWER 90S SOUTH TO THE MIDDLE 70S NORTHEAST.


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