Hail in South Dakota, August 15, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
315 PM CDT SUN AUG 15 2004

.DISCUSSION...

SSWLY LOW LVL FLOW BRINGING IN BTR MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AS EXPCD
THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVE...AND TOUCHING OFF WDLY SCT WARM ADVECTION
TSTMS FM HURON TO SIOUX FALLS AREA ATTM. MORE TSTMS WILL DVLP FM
W TO E OVR CWA THIS EVE AS UPR TROF MOVES SEWD OVR CWA TNGT...SLOWER
THAN ETA...WITH GFS AND NGM BTR. TSTMS WILL BE QUITE LIKELY IN NERN
CWA BY MIDN WITH MAIN DYNAMICS. WILL KEEP THE CHC TSTMS IN SERN CWA
MON AS FNTL BOUNDARY TAKES ITS TIME MOVG SEWD. NICE NIGHT FOR MON
NGT BEHIND FNT...THEN SCENARIO GETS KIND OF MUDDY FM TUE THRU EXTD.
WILL KEEP SLGT CHC TSTMS NR MISSOURI RIVER TUE AFTN WITH MID LVL
WAVE. ETA APPEARS TOO FAST WITH SWD MOVEMENT OF CDFNT INTO AREA
WED...BUT GFS PROBABLY TOO SLOW. EITHER WAY GOOD MIXING EXPCD ALG
AND AHEAD OF FNT ESP INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH AND WILL KEEP WARM HIGHS...
BUT SHADE BACK A LIT NORTH IF ETA IS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO RIGHT. STILL
EXPCT A CHC TSTMS DVLPG ALG FNT IN NRN CWA WED AFTN...MOVG SEWD AND
AFFECTING MAINLY SWRN MN AND NWRN IA EARLY WED NGT...BUT NOT REALLY
A BIG DEAL EXPCD IF AT ALL. THEN ANOTHER WAVE BRINGING A SLGT CHC
SHWRS/TSTMS ALG MISSOURI VALLEY ON THU. AFTER THAT WENT DRY UNTIL
THERE IS SOME MODEL CONTINUITY. MAIN PUSH OF COOL AIR SHOULD AFFECT
NERN CWA DURG FCST PERIOD...BUT INTENSITY IN QUESTION ATTM...SO
STATUS QUO IS THE WAY TO GO.

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.FSD...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

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RSR

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1149 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2004

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-161200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
1149 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE 2 PM
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME
SEVERE...ALTHOUGH PEA SIZE HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST
STORMS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF
A GREGORY SOUTH DAKOTA TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA LINE...THEN SPREAD
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT
WITH THESE STORMS...BUT 60 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AS
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT
THEY WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
DIMINISH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA...TO ROCK RAPIDS
IOWA TO WINDOM MINNESOTA...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER
INTO MONDAY MORNING.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE.  THIS SAME AREA WILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF REDEVELOPMENT
DURING THE AFTERNOON.  IF STORMS CAN DEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON... AN ISOLATED STORM COULD PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 3 PM NORTH OF A GREGORY
TO MARSHALL LINE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REST OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AFTER 6
PM.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.