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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
435 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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435 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY SATURDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE ARE TWO PERIODS WHEN ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE FIRST IS SATURDAY EVENING INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT OVER FAR WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. THE
SECOND IS SUNDAY OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN. DURING THESE TIMES...THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL
BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WITH A SECONDARY HAZARD OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES. OTHERWISE...THROUGHOUT SATURDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY... ANY THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IN ADDITION...THIS PROLONGED RAINFALL EVENT
MAY PRODUCE OVERALL RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
WITH ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES...PARTICULARLY IN
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE
AMOUNTS MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES IN RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND
MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND.

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