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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
344 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

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344 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

FOR TODAY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY FOR
LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 281. TONIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AND
CROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE WHICH MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND 60
MPH WINDS.

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

FROM SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY...THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANCES
FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. ALTHOUGH IT IS DIFFICULT
TO PINPOINT THE DAILY DETAILS REGARDING TIMING AND LOCATION...THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR PERIODIC SEVERE STORMS...CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO AT LEAST THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...WIND
GUSTS TO AT LEAST 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2
INCHES.

FOCUSING ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...MORNING STORMS MAY BE
ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA...BEFORE MOVING EAST AND CREATING A
LULL FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THEN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO
SATURDAY EVENING...RENEWED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE...POTENTIALLY SEVERE. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS
FAVORS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WITH SOMEWHAT LESSER CHANCES ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED 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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