Today's Hazardous Weather Outlook For NWS Lacrosse

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT INTO SOUTHERN IOWA LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE
PUSHING NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA ON
TUESDAY. THIS WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
INSTABILITY AND WIND PROFILES WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT
WILL BE ALONG THE WARM FRONT...WHICH AT THIS TIME LOOKS TO BE
SITUATED FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA/NORTHERN IOWA...INTO SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF
THE STORMS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE STRONG SYSTEM
SLOWLY MOVES EASTWARD. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
AREAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...WITH THE THREAT OF LARGE
HAIL.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.
ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
WELL.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

A WEBINAR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 11 AM TODAY TO DISCUSS THE SEVERE
WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.