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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
414 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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414 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY. THERE WILL BE
PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...HOWEVER PROVIDING
DETAILS ON TIMING AND LOCATION IS DIFFICULT. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL INCREASE AS THE AFTERNOON
PROGRESSES...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.

WEAKENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
MORNING WITH LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN THREATS.

INSTABILITY WILL BUILD IN THE AFTERNOON IN HUMID CONDITIONS AND
THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AND QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING LOOK TO BE THE
MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE NEEDED TO BETTER DEFINE THE THREAT AREAS
AND TIMING...ONCE THEY CAN BE DETERMINED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ON MONDAY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALIZED
FLOODING...AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

THERE WILL BE OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND
YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED AS WE FURTHER REFINE THE MOST
LIKELY TIME AND LOCATION OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. SPOTTERS
WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED MONDAY AS WELL.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

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TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
414 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...HOWEVER
PROVIDING DETAILS ON TIMING AND LOCATION IS DIFFICULT. IT WOULD
APPEAR THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL INCREASE AS THE AFTERNOON
PROGRESSES...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.

WEAKENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST
IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTHCENTRAL WISCONSIN
EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN
THREATS.

INSTABILITY WILL BUILD IN THE AFTERNOON IN HUMID CONDITIONS AND
THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP AND QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING LOOK TO BE
THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE NEEDED TO BETTER DEFINE THE THREAT AREAS
AND TIMING...ONCE THEY CAN BE DETERMINED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ON MONDAY...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALIZED
FLOODING...AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

THERE WILL BE OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND
YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED AS WE FURTHER REFINE THE MOST
LIKELY TIME AND LOCATION OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. SPOTTERS
WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED MONDAY AS WELL.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

$$
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