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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
404 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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404 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. GOING INTO TONIGHT...COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS MINNESOTA INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS
GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO HUTCHINSON
TO FAIRMONT...WHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TIMING OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY.
MUCH OF THE AREA IS OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM...BENSON...ZIMMERMAN
TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. TIMING OF THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WOULD
COME SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREATS.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY IN THE STRONGER STORMS. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 4 INCHES BY TUESDAY. THESE AMOUNTS MAY CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT RISES IN RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY.

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