One product issued by NWS for: Granite Falls MN
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 359 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>066-073-074-200900- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-BROWN- 359 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY FOR PROLONGED PERIODS. THERE IS A RISK THAT FLOODING...OR EVEN FLASH FLOODING...MAY OCCUR IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND ABNORMALLY HIGH TOTALS THUS FAR THIS MONTH. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS... STREAMS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NEARLY THE ENTIRE COVERAGE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. PRIMARY HAZARDS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS... STREAMS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. $$