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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 245 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-191130- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 245 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN SATURDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...THE AREA AT GREATEST RISK FOR SEEING POTENTIALLY FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS ARE FROM THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE IRON RANGE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR CASS...CROW WING AND AITKIN COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS COULD REACH MINIMALLY SEVERE LEVELS PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS IN AREAS FROM WALKER TO BRAINERD LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND THROUGH MID WEEK. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST AS VERY MOIST AIR REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION. PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT. $$