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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
810 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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810 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE
JAMES RIVER AFTER SUNSET. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF STORMS BETWEEN THE JAMES
RIVER AND INTERSTATE 29 AS WELL AS INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
OVERNIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT MOVE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY
BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH THUNDERSTORMS THEN MOVING EAST
ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY EVENING...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. LARGE
HAIL GREATER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH
STORMS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY EARLY SATURDAY
EVENING...WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ALSO
POSSIBLE. AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST IN THE LATER EVENING...THE
THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME MORE DOMINANT...WITH HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY
AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE EAST OF THE
JAMES RIVER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME
IT IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM 9 PM TO 2 AM CDT.


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

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SCHUMACHER