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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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330 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS MAINLY WEST OF KANSAS HIGHWAY 99...AS SOME OF THE STORMS THAT
DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS MAY
MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE AREA. IF THE STORMS MAKE IT THIS FAR
EAST...HAIL NEAR THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WOULD
BE POSSIBLE AS THEY PASS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE CHANCES FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUE TO
INCREASE FOR LATER IN THE DAY SUNDAY ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS.
SEVERE HAIL /GREATER THAN 2 INCHES/ AS WELL AS DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS
DEVELOP IN THE MID AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT...A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
MONDAY...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. EXPECT LARGE
HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.

A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS LATE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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