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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1138 AM CDT SUN JUL 05 2009

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-061200-
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-
1138 AM CDT SUN JUL 05 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
A COUPLE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...MAINLY FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA. ANY STORMS SHOULD NOT BE SEVERE.

FLOODING...
RECENT RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IN THE JAMES RIVER BASIN
BETWEEN HURON AND YANKTON WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS ALONG THE JAMES
RIVER TO RISE FROM MITCHELL TO SCOTLAND RESULTING IN MINOR
FLOODING.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT.  THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
60 MPH WINDS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.


ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA.  THESE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD 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.

$$
RSR



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