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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1009 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-171200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
1009 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN EXPAND INTO THE JAMES RIVER
VALLEY BY EARLY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN MOVE
EAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD
ACTIVITY EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA. AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA/NEBRASKA BORDER THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FRIDAY
MORNING...WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FRIDAY
EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FRIDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY
BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THUNDERSTORMS THEN
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE  WEST OF A LINE FROM YANKTON TO BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK...WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY SUNDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF
NORTHWEST IOWA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH EXACT TIMING AND
LOCATION ARE DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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