Expires:201509232000;Remove:201509232000;911614 FPUS73 KMPX 231748 NOWMPX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1248 PM CDT WED SEP 23 2015 MNZ051-059>062-066>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-232000- SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... HASTINGS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH... ALBERT LEA 1248 PM CDT WED SEP 23 2015 .NOW... A STEADY STREAM OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH NORTH NORTHEASTWARD...AT 15 MPH...FROM NEAR THE BORDER WITH IOWA...INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. THE AREA OF CONVECTIVE WEATHER WILL REACH A LINE ...FROM PLATO TO JORDAN TO LAKEVILLE BY 2 PM. BY 3 PM...THIS AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER WILL REACH A LINE...FROM WINSTED TO CHANHASSEN TO MENDOTA HEIGHTS. LOOK FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH...TO NEAR THREE QUARTERS OF INCH RANGE...ACROSS THIS REGION BY 3 PM...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF A LINE...FROM NEW AUBURN TO LECENTER. $$