Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
359 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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359 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ON MONDAY.
THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS... STREAMS...AND
MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON...THROUGH
TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON MONDAY.

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