Weather for Buffalo, Minnesota
Lat: 45.18N, Lon: 93.87W
Wx Zone: MNZ059
CWA Used: MPX
Buffalo, Minnesota Special Weather Statements:
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 404 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
Expiration: 700 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 191200- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 404 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. GOING INTO TONIGHT...COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO HUTCHINSON TO FAIRMONT...WHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TIMING OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. MUCH OF THE AREA IS OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM...BENSON...ZIMMERMAN TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. TIMING OF THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WOULD COME SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MOST LIKELY THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY IN THE STRONGER STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 4 INCHES BY TUESDAY. THESE AMOUNTS MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES IN RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY.