MNZ054057-064-065-073075-082-083-091-092-021030-
BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CHIPPEWA-FARIBAULT-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MARTIN-
NICOLLET-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SWIFT-WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE-
1213 PM CDT SUN AUG 1 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

..DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND A WARM FRONT
EXTENDING EAST INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM OVER EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. WITH
TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 80S UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES...AND DEWPOINTS POOLING INTO THE 70S ALONG THE FRONT...THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW ANY THUNDERSTORM TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE...
WITH HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE THIS EVENING FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MONTEVIDEO.

MORE SEVERE STORMS COULD ROAR BACK INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...AS
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH DAKOTA TREK SOUTHEAST.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREATS...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL RATES...UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. WITH
FORECAST STORM MOVEMENTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...AND URBAN AREAS IS POSSIBLE
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WHICH COULD PRODUCE
SOME LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

..SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.