Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
000 FLUS43 KMPX 230935 HWOMPX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 435 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 240945- 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- 435 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS MOST OF MINNESOTA...BUT WILL BE A BIT MORE ISOLATED IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE MORNING. THE RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF SOMEWHAT BY MIDDAY... ALLOWING FOR SOME SUNNY BREAKS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS EXTRA HEATING SHOULD ALLOW STORMS TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FEW MIGHT BECOME SEVERE IN MINNESOTA. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR SHORT TIMES IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME AREAS SHOULD PICK UP AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA... AND THEN FROM CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. $$ TDK