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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A
LINGERING DAMAGING WIND THREAT ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

A WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA LATER
TODAY. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAR NORTH THIS FRONT
WILL GET. AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS TO SET UP NEAR INTERSTATE 90 THIS
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN IOWA.
INSTABILITY AND WIND PROFILES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WILL
BE FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE WARM FRONT AND ANY
REMAINING BOUNDARIES FROM THIS MORNINGS STORMS. ALTHOUGH STORMS
TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE RATHER PROGRESSIVE...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE STRONG SYSTEM
SLOWLY MOVES EASTWARD. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN 1
PM AND 9 PM.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT EXCEED AN INCH WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

A WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED FOR 1130 AM TUESDAY.