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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1030 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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1030 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP COULD
CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL... AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE
STRONGEST STORMS... WHICH WOULD MOST LIKELY OCCUR EAST OF
INTERSTATE-35 BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM... COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO
QUARTER SIZE AND LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. STORM MOTION WILL
GENERALLY BE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. SHOULD HEAVY RAIN
OCCUR IN LOCATIONS WHICH SAW SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS... THEN FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBANIZED AREAS
COULD OCCUR QUICKLY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY ACROSS
FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON
TUESDAY... WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE
PRIMARY POTENTIAL HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING... MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.

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