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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1054 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

NDZ004-012-171600-
BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-
1054 AM CDT THU MAY 16 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. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

EXPECT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY...AND
CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
IS LOW. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH
THE PERIOD...WITH WIDESPREAD TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE
THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS IN A SHORT AMOUNT
OF TIME COULD BECOME PROBLEMATIC...AS SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF COULD
OCCUR. OTHERWISE...OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL...THE
SOIL SHOULD BE ABLE TO ABSORB MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE RAIN. THIS
WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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NDZ001>003-005-009>011-013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-
171600-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-PIERCE-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
1054 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013 /954 AM MDT THU MAY 16 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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

EXPECT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING FRIDAY...AND CONTINUING
THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
SOUTHWEST LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AND AGAIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST. MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH WIDESPREAD TOTALS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...AS SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF
COULD OCCUR. THIS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$

KS/RP KINNEY