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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
910 PM CDT WED AUG 17 2005

LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM BROUGHT SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS TO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS DURING THE EVENING 
HOURS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA 
AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL 
NEBRASKA...AND A FEW STORMS REACHED SEVERE LIMITS OVER THESE AREAS.  
THE ACTIVITY WAS EXPECTED TO PUSH EASTWARD INTO MINNESOTA AND IOWA 
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD ON THURSDAY...SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH OUT OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA BY THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON.  MEANWHILE...ANOTHER DISTURBANCE FOLLOWING CLOSELY ON ITS 
HEELS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE 
DAKOTAS DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE 50S THROUGH MOST OF 
NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN NEBRASKA...TO 
READINGS CLOSE TO 70 IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHERN IOWA.  
HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL BE IN THE 70S OVER NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA AND 
NORTHERN MINNESOTA...TO 80S OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION.

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JM