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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
132 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

...HEAVY RAINS LIKELY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER TODAY 
 AND TONIGHT...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
FROM 700 PM THIS EVENING...UNTIL 300 AM SUNDAY MORNING. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PERIODS OF
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER
HOUR. RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE RAPID RISES ALONG
SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS OR
CAMPING NEAR ADJACENT CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT.

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DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY
132 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND 
 WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
 CENTRAL MINNESOTA...BENTON...MORRISON...SHERBURNE...STEARNS 
 AND TODD. IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CHISAGO...ISANTI...
 KANABEC AND MILLE LACS. IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...DOUGLAS...
 POPE AND STEVENS.

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATER
  THIS AFTERNOON...AND TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL
  AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY
  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

* RUNOFF FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON
  SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS... ALONG WITH FLOODING PROBLEMS IN LOW
  LYING AREAS.

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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JLT/JM