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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
649 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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649 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH VISIBILITIES
REDUCED TO 1 MILE.

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS ALONG...AND
WEST...OF I-135 FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. HAIL AS
LARGE AS TENNIS BALLS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO...MAY
OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 14. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD
EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS
LATER TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
SHIFT EAST SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...IMPACTING AREAS ALONG AND
EAST OF I-135. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SEVERE WEATHER OF ALL TYPES...WILL OCCUR PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING OVER PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...THEN OVER
AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-135 SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

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