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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
334 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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334 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SATURDAY NIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST
FROM SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS...AND MOVE THROUGH
PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR
PARAMETERS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS...SUPPORTIVE
OF SUPERCELLS AND SEVERE WEATHER FOR PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

INITIALLY IN THE EVENING...THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER RISK AREA
IS ALONG AND WEST OF A KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS LINE.
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
THE TORNADO RISK WILL PRIMARILY BE BEFORE SUNSET SATURDAY NIGHT.

AFTER SUNSET SATURDAY NIGHT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST
AND NORTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND PRIMARILY
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 6...INCLUDING GRAND ISLAND...KEARNEY...ORD...YORK AND
CENTRAL CITY. THE STORMS OVERNIGHT SATURDAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF
SEVERE WEATHER...BOTH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

ON SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST...AND A FEW STORMS
MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS.

THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
OF NEXT WEEK. AT THIS JUNCTURE...THE RISK FOR AN ORGANIZED SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT APPEARS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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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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