Severe Thunderstorm Warning
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 729 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAC059-143-060145- /O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0297.000000T0000Z-081106T0145Z/ DICKINSON IA-OSCEOLA IA- 728 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA AND SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES... AT 728 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL OSCEOLA COUNTY EAST OF MAY CITY THROUGH 740 PM CST... RURAL DICKINSON COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF LAKE PARK AT 745 PM CST... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. LAT...LON 4326 9540 4326 9551 4344 9544 4342 9531 4341 9531 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 198DEG 33KT 4331 9545 $$ CHAPMAN
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 925 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 505 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 925 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IAC001-003-009-027-029-047-071-073-077-085-129-133-137-145-155- 165-173-060600- /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0925.081105T2305Z-081106T0600Z/ IA . IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ADAIR ADAMS AUDUBON CARROLL CASS CRAWFORD FREMONT GREENE GUTHRIE HARRISON MILLS MONONA MONTGOMERY PAGE POTTAWATTAMIE SHELBY TAYLOR $$
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 925 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 505 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 925 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MOC003-005-021-087-147-060600- /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0925.081105T2305Z-081106T0600Z/ MO . MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ANDREW ATCHISON BUCHANAN HOLT NODAWAY $$
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 925 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 505 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 925 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS NEC025-055-097-127-131-133-147-153-177-060600- /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0925.081105T2305Z-081106T0600Z/ NE . NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE CASS DOUGLAS JOHNSON NEMAHA OTOE PAWNEE RICHARDSON SARPY WASHINGTON $$ ATTN...WFO...DMX...OAX...EAX...TOP...ICT...
Severe Weather Statement
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 729 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAC059-143-060145- /O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0297.000000T0000Z-081106T0145Z/ DICKINSON IA-OSCEOLA IA- 728 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA AND SOUTHWESTERN DICKINSON COUNTIES... AT 728 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL OSCEOLA COUNTY EAST OF MAY CITY THROUGH 740 PM CST... RURAL DICKINSON COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF LAKE PARK AT 745 PM CST... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. LAT...LON 4326 9540 4326 9551 4344 9544 4342 9531 4341 9531 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 198DEG 33KT 4331 9545 $$ CHAPMAN
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 728 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>035-044>047-057>059-070>072-081>083- 092>094-061200- EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR- MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- 728 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN IOWA...WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR SO IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...MAINLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. $$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 728 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-036>039-048>050-060>062-073>075- 084>086-095>097-061200- WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 728 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA...EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL PUSH EAST NEAR THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR BY MID TO LATE EVENING...THEN CONTINUE SLOWLY EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE IS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS APPROACHING 3 INCHES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING IN URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS...AS WELL AS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT LIKELY...OVERNIGHT. $$ KINNEY/FAB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 500 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-061300- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 500 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BEATRICE TO PENDER NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS...AN ISOLATED TORNADO PRODUCING SUPERCELL IS POSSIBLE. A LARGE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES WILL DEEPEN AS IT CROSSES NEBRASKA TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING. UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT SYSTEM COMBINED WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL PRODUCE THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...MAINLY IN FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING. $$ CHERMOK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 336 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-061200- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE- FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE- MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON- WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 336 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME PEA SIZED HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. HOWEVER...WITH VERY LIMITED INSTABILITY...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR. AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA...THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO BE THE ONLY PRECIPITATION TYPE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON GRASSY AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE AND TRAVEL IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. HOWEVER...LOCALIZED ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IF THE STORMS WOULD BECOME A LITTLE STRONGER THAN EXPECTED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. $$ 04
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1255 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-061900- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 1255 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW ELEVATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH NORTHERN OKLAHOMA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND QUICKLY MERGE INTO A LINE AS THEY MOVE TOWARDS THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY THE MID EVENING HOURS...AND THROUGH WESTERN MISSOURI BY MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS ALONG THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...WITH SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. THOUGH NOT A PARTICULARLY WIDESPREAD THREAT...BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS FOR A SHORT PERIOD THIS EVENING FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH FAR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI AS THE LINE OF STORMS LOSES THE INSTABILITY SOURCE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LINGER ACROSS IOWA THROUGH FRIDAY...AND COULD BRING ENOUGH ENERGY AND COOL AIR SOUTH INTO FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO ALLOW FOR A RAIN/SNOW MIX...OR CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW. VERY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ON GRASSY SURFACES TOWARDS THE MISSOURI AND IOWA BORDER. ANOTHER POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY...AND COULD PROVIDE ENOUGH ENERGY AND COLD AIR TO PRODUCE SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THERE REMAINS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...SO THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ALSO REMAINS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING. $$ 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1211 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 061200- 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- 1211 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BENSON...TO REDWOOD FALLS...AND TO FAIRMONT DURING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY OVERNIGHT. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...THOUGH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH MAY BRIEFLY BE STRONG TO SEVERE. A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...ALONG WITH THE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS...ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THURSDAY...PRIMARILY IN THE MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA WILL BE LIKELY FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW...FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. $$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1157 AM CST WED NOV 05 2008 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- 1157 AM CST WED NOV 05 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG AND EAST OF A YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO DE SMET SOUTH DAKOTA LINE. A WIND SHIFT LINE WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...PROGRESSING INTO NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA IN THE MID AND LATE EVENING HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP VERY NEAR THIS WIND SHIFT LINE...WITH A FEW REACHING SEVERE LIMITS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH...AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR HALF DOLLARS. WITH THE AMOUNT OF SHEAR AVAILABLE...THERE COULD BE AN ISOLATED...BRIEF TORNADO RIGHT NEAR THE WIND SHIFT LINE. WIND AND FOG... GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON FROM MARSHALL MINNESOTA TO STORM LAKE IOWA. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOULD BE 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THIS AREA WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL LIKELY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. FARTHER EAST AROUND THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR...LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT THE WINDS WILL ALSO BE STRONG. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM ABOUT 4 PM TO 9 PM TODAY. ALSO SPOTTER INFORMATION MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS. && 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 QUAD CITIES IA IL 500 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-061100- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO- CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL- HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA- JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA- MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL- WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 500 AM CST WED NOV 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS TODAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT THERE IS ONLY A LOW CHANCE FOR SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS UP TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A BAND OF SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE THEY EXIT THE AREA TO THE EAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AGAIN...THERE IS ONLY A LOW CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. THE RAIN MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING FROM A HALF INCH...UP TO AROUND 1 INCH OF RAINFALL BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS A DRY SLOT SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE STORMS...STRONG SOUTHWEST GRADIENT WINDS MAY GUST FROM 30 TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...IT MAY EVENTUALLY DRAW IN ENOUGH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS IN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY EVEN BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SIGNIFICANT MID TO LATE WEEK STORM SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A LOW CHANCE THAT SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. $$ WOLF/12
Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 718 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-060315- ANOKA-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI- LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON- NICOLLET-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY- STEARNS-STEELE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON... CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS... MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...OWATONNA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS... ST CLOUD...ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER...WILLMAR 718 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 .NOW... MULTIPLE BANDS OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OUT OF IOWA...ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A NEW SURGE OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETELY SPREAD OUT OF IOWA...ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. A TOTAL OF A QUARTER INCH TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAIN FALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING FROM THIS NEW ROUND OF MOISTURE THAT IS JUST BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO THE REGION. $$
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 706 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAZ004-015-023-033-034-060200- ESTHERVILLE- 706 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO AN AREA FROM ESTHERVILLE TO SAC CITY BY 745 PM. STRONG WIND GUSTS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. $$
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 706 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAZ044>046-057-058-070-071-081-092-060200- ATLANTIC-CARROLL-DENISON- 706 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 .NOW... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 925 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SPENCER TO SHENANDOAH IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA BY 715 PM. SOME STORMS IN THIS LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO A QUARTER INCH IN 15 MINUTES IS POSSIBLE. $$
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 706 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAZ059-072-082-093-060200- CRESTON-MOUNT AYR- 706 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 .NOW... A LINE OF STORMS FROM GUTHRIE CENTER TO CLEARFIELD HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM SPENCER TO SHENANDOAH. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT. DAMAGING WIND IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE AROUND A QUARTER INCH IN 15 MINUTES. $$ FAB
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 618 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ067-068-090>093-060330- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-CASS-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA... PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY... FALLS CITY 617 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 .NOW... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MAPLETON TO PAWNEE CITY WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD EXTEND FROM AN AUDUBON...IOWA TO NEAR RED OAK BY 730 PM.MANY OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE BRIEF DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH.T $$ SMITH
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 541 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-060200- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE- FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE- MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON- WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... CHARLES CITY...DECORAH...LA CROSSE...MAUSTON...MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...OELWEIN...PLATTEVILLE...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...ROCHESTER...SPARTA/TOMAH...VIROQUA...WAUKON... WINONA 541 PM CST WED NOV 5 2008 .NOW... THROUGH 8 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. MUCH OF THE RAIN THROUGH 8 PM SHOULD OCCUR IN A CORRIDOR FROM MEDFORD TO LA CROSSE WISCONSIN...TO OELWEIN IOWA. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE. $$ THOMPSON