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

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128 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY FOR PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
THIS EVENING...

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 WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...SOME OF
WHICH MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE...PRIMARILY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. THE
MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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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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