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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
516 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-182230-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
516 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013 /416 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN CHERRY AND SHERIDAN
COUNTIES...OTHERWISE...FARTHER SOUTH...STRONG STORMS WITH HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE EVENING ACROSS FAR WESTERN INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

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

A SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS FORECASTED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS SHOULD FIRST DEVELOP ACROSS
SOUTHWEST INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND
THEN MOVE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE
BASEBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THEN MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS...HOWEVER A TORNADO THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST
NEBRASKA...AND WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE

$$

TAYLOR