Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 304 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

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/O.CON.KWNS.SV.A.0304.000000T0000Z-120528T0500Z/

SD 

.    SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BON HOMME            BROOKINGS           CLAY                
HUTCHINSON           LAKE                LINCOLN             
MCCOOK               MINNEHAHA           MOODY               
TURNER               UNION               YANKTON

Hazardous Weather Outlook

1135 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...

AN ELEVATED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED 
TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MERGING INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX 
AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. EARLY IN THIS EVENT...ANY ISOLATED TO 
SCATTERED CELLS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.

THEN THROUGH THE EVENING...THE COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL GIVE BOTH A 
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH 
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A YANKTON...TO SIOUX FALLS TO 
MARSHALL MINNESOTA LINE...WITH THE HAIL POTENTIAL DECREASING 
MODESTLY TO ABOUT HALF DOLLAR SIZE.

FLOODING...

A STORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EASTWARD THIS
EVENING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS
IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
IOWA...AND ALSO IN A SMALL AREA OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
AND FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THESE AREAS HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A
WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS CREATING
SATURATED GROUND. THEREFORE URBAN AND RURAL FLASH FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 4 PM TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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