Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
749 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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749 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
...FLOODING RAINS STILL POSSIBLE...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...UPDATED...

AREAS OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING WITH FAVORED AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. NO SEVERE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. IN ADDITION
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF THE RAIN WHICH FELL LAST NIGHT AND TODAY
COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED LOW LAND FLOODING.

THE RED RIVER AT DRAYTON AND PEMBINA REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BUT
ARE SLOWLY FALLING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. TOTAL RAIN
AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.

FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN RED RIVER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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