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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 449 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 201000- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 449 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO NEAR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO REDWOOD FALLS. THE THREAT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHIFTS INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT JUST AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING WARM FRONT. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SPECIFICALLY...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON THURSDAY...BUT THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS MUCH LESS DEFINED FOR THE END OF THIS WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANY OF THESE CLUSTERS COULD BRING SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT EXACT PLACEMENT AND TIMING ARE QUITE UNCERTAIN AT THIS RANGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. $$