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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
259 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

NDZ004-012-182000-
BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-
259 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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
NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST.
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.

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NDZ005-013-018>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-182000-
ROLETTE-PIERCE-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-
259 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013 /159 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT. 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
FORECAST...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 WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$

NDZ001>003-009>011-017-182000-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-
259 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
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
NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE ARE FORECAST.

CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT SOILS CAN ABSORB PLENTY OF RAINFALL.
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.

$$

SCHECK/LTH