Regional Weather Summary
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
832 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

HIGHS TODAY REACHED INTO THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S BRINGING A RELATIVELY
SEASONABLE ALBEIT BREEZY DAY TO THE REGION. A COLD FRONT SITUATED
ACROSS MINNESOTA INTO IOWA HAS PRODUCED SHOWERS AND TSTORMS OF SOME
SEVERITY ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE REGION...ALONG WITH
WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION. BIGGEST THREATS
ARE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FLASH FLOODING.

FOR TONIGHT...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY SITTING IN THE DAKOTAS
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE REGION...BRINGING THE
POTENTIAL FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER. THE BIGGEST THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND FLASH FLOODING...MOSTLY IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE REGION. DUE TO ALL THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
LATELY...MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH OR OUT OF THEIR
BANKS. AREAL AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE.

LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S
WITH HIGHS TOMORROW IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. AS THE STORM SYSTEM
SLOWLY ADVANCES EASTWARD...THERE REMAINS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN...AND NORTHEAST IOWA.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS
THE MAIN THREATS.

LOOKING AHEAD...COOLER AND SOMEWHAT DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK AS A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM EVENTUALLY BUILDS
IN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.

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