Adams County Weather - Special Cases

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MAY TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TODAY
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM AUSTIN MINNESOTA TO OELWEIN IOWA.
ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY...AS A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR MASS RETURNS. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN BEING THE PRIMARY
THREATS. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR THESE THREATS APPEARS TO BE FROM
MID MORNING ON THURSDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

ON FRIDAY...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES SHOULD INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY...WHEN STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
INITIATE ALONG A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA. FAVORABLE
INSTABILITY AND WIND PROFILES CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME SHOULD BE
FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

EXCESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY COULD ALSO BE A FACTOR FRIDAY...WITH
HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 100 DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. AT THIS
TIME...TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS TO DETERMINE THE SEVERE STORM
POTENTIAL IN THIS TIME FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTER
GROUPS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THURSDAY
AND AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.