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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
341 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY ARE...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...HAZEN...WASHBURN...MANDAN AND BISMARCK...STEELE...
ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...AND ASHLEY.

.GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...UP TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE UNTIL LATE
AFTERNOON...WHEN THEY WILL BEGIN DECREASING. THOSE DOING WORK
OUTSIDE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES...AND DRIVERS...WILL
NEED TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL.

NDZ019>022-034>036-042-045>047-050-250000-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130525T0000Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-GRANT-SIOUX-
EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...ELGIN...FORT YATES...
LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY
341 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013 /241 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM CDT.

* WINDS...GUSTY UP TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BLOW AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THOSE DOING WORK OUTSIDE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES...
AND DRIVERS...WILL NEED TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL.

&&

$$
TWH


Hazardous Weather Outlook


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
352 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

NDZ019>022-034>036-042-045>047-050-252100-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-GRANT-SIOUX-
EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-
352 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013 /252 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

VERY WINDY TODAY...SOUTHEAST GUSTING TO 40 MPH.
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS HAS DETAILS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
352 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-252100-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
252 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
215 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-251300-
BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON-
HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY-
SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP-
WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH-
215 PM MDT (315 PM CDT) FRI MAY 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY...
WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BLACK HILLS. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND FAR NORTHEAST WYOMING. THE
MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...BUT ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA FROM SUNDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...
OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1210 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-251200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
1210 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY INCREASING IN
COVERAGE A BIT OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT A QUICK QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

WIND...
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH AT TIMES ALONG AND
WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. LOCATIONS AROUND GREGORY MAY SEE
A FEW GUSTS TO ABOUT 45 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
EARLY ON SUNDAY. AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 COULD
RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS AND SOME FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON
INTO SUNDAY NIGHT CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOODING.  ONCE AGAIN...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN IS
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF STORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.  WHILE SEVERE WEATHER CAN NOT BE RULED OUT WITH THESE
STORMS...THE GREATER POTENTIAL WILL BE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE
REGION.  AT THIS TIME...IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHERE THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL LIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1042 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

MNZ041>045-047>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-
WIZ014>016-023>028-251545-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
1042 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE THREAT FOR
SEVERE STORMS IS LOW AT THIS TIME FOR SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY... WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS FROM TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER IN THE PERIOD.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1042 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

MNZ054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-251545-
LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
1042 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THERE IS A SLIGHT
THREAT FOR WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING OVER FAR SOUTHWESTERN AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THERE STILL APPEARS TO BE AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR
A LARGER AREA OF SEVERE STORMS NEXT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT
OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
604 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-251115-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-
GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
WESTERN WALSH-
604 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 PM CDT FOR THE
TONGUE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF RENWICK DAM IN PEMBINA COUNTY. A
MAKESHIFT CLAY LEVEE CONTINUES TO HOLD THE VERY HIGH WATERS AT THE
DAM. HOWEVER...THERE ARE OLDER DAMS UPSTREAM THAT COULD POSSIBLY
FAIL AND CAUSE THE WATER TO SPILL OVER AT RENWICK. A BREACH
REMAINS POSSIBLE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREADING EASTWARD
INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BECOME SEVERE...BUT A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE.

AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES AT SOME SPOTS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND AROUND DILWORTH AND SABIN. REFER TO
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION
ON SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SHOWERS WILL BE MORE ISOLATED ON SATURDAY BEFORE PICKING UP IN
COVERAGE ON SUNDAY. MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK ALTHOUGH EXACT TIMING IS
IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS POINT. AT THIS POINT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED.

AREAL AND RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES AT SOME SPOTS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND AROUND DILWORTH AND SABIN. REFER TO
THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION
ON SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
421 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-250930-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
421 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013 /321 AM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY. AREAS FURTHER EAST WILL NOT
EXPERIENCE AS STRONG OF WINDS...HOWEVER THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THIS REGION TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE THIS WEEKEND. WHILE THE
EXACT TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS STILL
UNCERTAIN...ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME VERY STRONG...AND SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

$$

SERR

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