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AWUS43 KARX 312013

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
310 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2000

THE WET WEATHER CONTINUED TODAY AS YET MORE SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS 
MORNING...PERSISTING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS 
BECAME SEVERE OVER IOWA...CAUSING SOME WIND DAMAGE AND DROPPING 
LARGE HAIL. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WERE IN THE UPPER 60S TO 
MIDDLE 70S.

MORE SPECIFICALLY AT 3 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED 
ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN OSAGE IOWA TO RICHLAND CENTER LINE. ELSEWHERE 
THE SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 61 DEGREES IN 
AUSTIN TO 72 IN MEDFORD. 

THE WARM FRONT THAT HAS BEEN THE MAIN CULPRIT FOR THE RECENT RAINS 
AND STORMS WILL SLOWLY START TO DRIFT NORTH OVERNIGHT AND ON 
THURSDAY. GOOD LOW LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL LIFT WARM AND MOIST AIR NORTH 
OF THE FRONT...PRODUCING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT 
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND INTO SOUTHWEST 
WISCONSIN. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME 
SEVERE...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. DUE TO THE RECENT WET 
CONDITIONS...FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE 
POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE 
AREA AS A RESULT. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 50 
IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA...TO THE MIDDLE 60S IN EASTERN IOWA.

THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON THURSDAY...WITH THE 
BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES STAYING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. 
WARMER AND MORE MOIST AIR WILL FLOW IN BEHIND THE WARM FRONT...WHICH 
WILL CREATE SOME MUGGY CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN 
WISCONSIN...EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THE AREA OF LOW 
PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE OVER CENTRAL 
WISCONSIN LATE IN THE DAY...WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT SLIDING 
ACROSS EASTERN IOWA. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY 
DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON 
THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 70 IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN...TO THE 
LOWER 80S IN EASTERN IOWA.

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RIECK