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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
540 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

MNZ001>005-007-008-013>016-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-
024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-151045-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-
PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-
EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-
CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH-
540 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF
A STRONG COLD FRONT. NEW RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER
OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS.

BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING...WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY FROM 30
TO 40 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND FROM 35 TO 45 MPH ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS DEVILS
LAKE...POSSIBLY LEADING TO ROADBED EROSION.

THE RED RIVER AT OSLO...DRAYTON AND PEMBINA REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE BUT ARE SLOWLY FALLING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM.

FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN RED RIVER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

$$

MNZ017-024-032-151045-
SOUTH BELTRAMI-HUBBARD-WADENA-
540 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. NEW
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
WITH HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS.

BEHIND THE FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WESTERLY
WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

$$

MNZ006-009-151045-
LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-
540 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. NEW
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
WITH HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS.

BEHIND THE FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WESTERLY
WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY FROM 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

$$

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