613 FLUS43 KARX 222007 HWOARX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 307 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-231200- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE- FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE- MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON- WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 307 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS...BUT SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREATS. PERIODIC CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MEMORIAL DAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ONE OR MORE PERIODS OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. HOWEVER...IT IS STILL UNCERTAIN WHICH OF THESE PERIODS WOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... A WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 2 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING...AND DURING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. $$ DAS/HALBACH/AJ