Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
449 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

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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.

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