Today's Hazardous Weather Outlook For NWS Lacrosse

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOOK FOR THE PROLONGED AND DANGEROUS HEAT WAVE TO BEGIN THIS
AFTERNOON AS HEAT INDICES CLIMB TO 100 TO 115. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND THEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
TONIGHT. IF THE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LOOK FOR THE DANGEROUS HEAT WAVE TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH
PEAK HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 115 DURING THE AFTERNOONS. EXPECT
LOW TEMPERATURES TO STRUGGLE TO DROP BELOW THE MIDDLE 70S. THERE ARE
SOME INDICATIONS THE HEAT COULD LAST INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AROUND AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

A SLIGHT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. HOWEVER...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN IF ANY
OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.