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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1033 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHED INTO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT AND SPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE
REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL FELL OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 5 INCHES OVER
PARTS OF MITCHELL COUNTY IOWA. LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE
LOWER 50S ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA...TO THE MIDDLE 60S ACROSS
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND EASTERN PARTS OF IOWA.

MOSTLY CLOUDY TO PARTLY SUNNY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO LOWER 70S. A COLD
FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST IOWA.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MIDDLE
80S AND LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 50S TO
LOWER 60S.

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DTJ