Excellent! Winter is over and warm weather has arrived. It's time to practice my lightning and severe weather photography:

TWO ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE PROBABLE THIS WEEKEND.

SATURDAY NIGHT...A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE
REGION...TRIGGERING THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WILL
BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING
WINDS NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ANY SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO RAPID RISES IN SOME RIVER BASINS.

MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST ACROSS THE REGION.
THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNED BY THIS SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS THIS WEEKEND...PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE
LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. BE PREPARED TO CHANGE OR ALTER
YOUR PLANS BASED ON THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.

FLOODING WILL REMAIN A CONCERN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
THROUGH APRIL. THOSE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI NEED TO
MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS AND FLOOD FORECASTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT AND LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

A WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED FOR 1 PM SATURDAY.