5-23-12 St. Paul, MN TPT Weather Radio (Flash Flood Watch) 10:16 pm

Record Hight of 89 degrees @ MSP today. FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 932 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING THROUGH 100 PM THURSDAY... .THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...FROM 700 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 100 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE THE TWIN CITIES...SAINT CLOUD...MANKATO...WILLMAR AND REDWOOD FALLS. A COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA...WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY BY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE FINALLY PUSHING SLOWLY EAST INTO WISCONSIN DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG THE FRONT WHICH WILL ENHANCE PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ONGOING FOR SEVERAL HOURS...AND HAVE PRODUCED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF GREATER THAN AN INCH...WITH A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED BAND OF 2 INCHES OR GREATER IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT AND WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS TRAINING OF STORMS WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. RAINFALL TOTALS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE TO THREE INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA WITH SOME LOCATIONS EXCEEDING OVER THREE OR FOUR INCHES.