Benoit Weather - Special Cases

Special Weather Statements:

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Date Issued: 431 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
Expiration: 530 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A CRANE LAKE TO HIBBING TO MALMO LINE FROM
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS. THE STORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN LATER
THIS EVENING.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND FRIDAY. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. AT
THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY AREA WILL BE OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.



.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY OR THIS
EVENING ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF THE REGION..