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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
636 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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636 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST INTO TONIGHT. THROUGH LATE THIS
EVENING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM
KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO BELOIT KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
TENNIS BALLS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

OVERNIGHT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS
THE OUTLOOK AREA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREATS.

.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...

SPOTTER ACTIVIATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. 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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