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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
504 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

NDZ004-012-181100-
BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-
504 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE LOWER SOURIS
BASIN. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION IN YOUR AREA...VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK. FOR INFORMATION ON RIVER STAGES AND
FORECASTS CLICK ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES TAB NEAR THE TOP OF THE
MAIN PAGE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...BUT SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT
SOILS CAN ABSORB PLENTY OF RAINFALL. THUS...SIGNIFICANT RISES ON THE
SOURIS RIVER ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ENHANCED RAINFALL RATES
OR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
RUNOFF...LEADING TO RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND
POSSIBLY LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$

NDZ031>037-040>048-050-051-181100-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
504 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013 /404 AM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED
SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SOME STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN...ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE JAMES RIVER BASIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED WIND
GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH THE MAIN THREATS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH AMOUNTS AROUND 4
INCHES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT SOILS CAN ABSORB PLENTY OF RAINFALL.
THUS...SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MAINSTEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE JAMES
ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ENHANCED RAINFALL RATES OR SEVERAL
ROUNDS OF STORMS COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF...LEADING TO
RISES ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND POSSIBLY LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND
AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

$$

NDZ001>003-005-009>011-013-017>023-025-181100-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-PIERCE-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-
504 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH AMOUNTS AROUND 4
INCHES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE NORTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT SOILS CAN ABSORB PLENTY OF RAINFALL.
THUS...SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MAINSTEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE JAMES ARE
NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ENHANCED RAINFALL RATES OR SEVERAL ROUNDS
OF STORMS COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF...LEADING TO RISES ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND POSSIBLY LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$

CK/RP KINNEY