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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
637 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-
COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
637 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT...ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS NORTHERN AND WESTERN
MISSOURI. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA...THE GREATEST THREAT WILL EXIST ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS
AND WESTERN MISSOURI. SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE
HAIL...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
MERGE INTO A COMPLEX OF STORMS ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI WITH THE
HAZARDS TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY A DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THREAT
ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI SUNDAY EVENING.

THERE IS ALSO A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SOUTH AND EAST OF LINE FROM ST. JOSEPH TO BETHANY. THE MAIN HAZARDS
WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY THROUGH
MONDAY WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
INTO SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION
MAY BE REQUIRED ON MONDAY.

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