Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS Hastings, NE
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AWUS83 KGID 180332
RWSGID
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
190330-
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1030 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
WEEKEND AND UNFORTUNATELY...SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS ACTIVITY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS ON SATURDAY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF OUR
AREA SATURDAY EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. INITIALLY LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE
CONCENTRATED GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
KEARNEY...NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG...KANSAS...WITH THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO AROUND 70 MPH...HAIL AS BIG AS GOLF BALLS...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ALL BEING POSSIBLE. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
SATURDAY...TORNADOES WILL NOT BE AS LIKELY...BUT LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...MOST LIKELY
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. UNFORTUNATELY THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER DOES NOT END THERE. YET ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL PRESENT ITSELF TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY
SUNDAY...PRIMARILY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS AS
THOUGH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.
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