2 products issued by NWS for:
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 858 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 201730- 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- 858 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...PRIMARILY ACROSS MINNESOTA. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. ROUNDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. IN ADDITION...BOUTS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND RISES ON AREA RIVERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT...BUT WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AT TIMES FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. $$ BORGHOFF
Hydrologic Outlook
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK MNC003-009-013-015-019-023-025-037-041-043-047-049-053-059-065- 067-073-079-085-091-093-095-097-103-121-123-127-129-131-139-141- 143-145-147-149-151-153-161-163-165-171-173-WIC005-017-033-035- 091-093-095-107-109-210000- HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 206 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...A WET PATTERN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THROUGH LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... ...FLOODING COULD BECOME A PROBLEM ESPECIALLY FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... A VERY SLOW MOVING UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL ALLOW FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS WEEK...THIS WEEKEND AND EVEN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE WILL SEE BREAKS IN THE ACTIVITY AND WE WILL SEE SOME SUN. HOWEVER GIVEN THE UNSETTLED ATMOSPHERE THE SUN WILL LIKELY CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REFIRE. THIS WILL BE THE CYCLIC PATTERN FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BE ON THE RISE ON FRIDAY AND THE WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION INTO MONDAY. FOR AREAS THAT SEE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THIS WEEKEND...RAINFALL RATES OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE EAVIER RAIN CORES. AREAS THAT RECEIVE THESE HEAVIER AMOUNTS COULD SEE LOCALIZED FLOODING. WIDESPREAD RAIN FALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AREAS THAT AREADY HAVE NEARLY SATURATED SOILS DUE TO RAIN RECEIVED EARLIER THIS WEEK INCLUDE PARTS OF THE UPPER AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN. HENCE LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP ESPECIALLY IN THE SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS RIVERS INCLUDING THE CHIPPEWA RIVER IN MINNESOTA...SHAKOPPE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...EAST FORK OF BEAVER CREEK...REDWOOD RIVER...COTTONWOOD...LITTLE COTTONWOOD...WATONWAN...BLUE EARTH...COBB AND LE SUEUR RIVERS. IF WE SEE SIGNIFICANT RAINS...MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING ON THE MINNESOTA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS AS WELL AS THE CHIPPEWA RIVER IN WISCONSIN COULD BE A PROBLEM THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. $$ DFC