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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
842 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

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842 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM CDT...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE
DIMINISHING FROM EARLIER IN THE EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL LIKELY
BE HAIL UP TO AROUND THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO
AROUND 55 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD FOCUS WITHIN NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...AND GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
FRANKLIN...TO HASTINGS...TO OSCEOLA IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL
RESULT IN NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY. ALTHOUGH STILL SEVERAL DAYS AWAY AND SUBJECT TO
CONSIDERABLE FORECAST UNCERTAINTY...THERE CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE AT
LEAST A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS PRIMARILY DURING THE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING TIME FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WITHIN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH 11 PM.

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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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