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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
348 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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348 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE IN EARLY THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC
INGREDIENTS ARE FAVORABLE OF SUPERCELLS AND SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
WEATHER.

THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL INITIALLY EXIST WEST OF HIGHWAY 183.
THUNDERSTORMS IN THOSE AREAS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

AT SOME POINT THIS EVENING...THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MERGE...FORMING AN INTENSE LINE THAT WILL RACE ACROSS AREAS EAST
OF HIGHWAY 183. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREATS. IF THESE STORM MERGERS ARE DELAYED HOWEVER...THE
RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE FURTHER INTO THE EVENING
AND FURTHER EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY
EAST OF A LINE FROM ORD TO GRAND ISLAND TO HEBRON NEBRASKA. SOME
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 183. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO
DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LEVEL OF THESE LATE WEEK
STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS: PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS.

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MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

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