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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
709 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
220015-
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-
709 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL... AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE STRONGEST STORMS... WHICH WOULD MOST LIKELY
OCCUR EAST OF INTERSTATE-35 PRIOR TO 10 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 IS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO 10 PM
CDT...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 35.

$$








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