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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1149 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

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1149 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
A NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORM GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ARCADIA NEBRASKA TO SMITH CENTER KANSAS.

TONIGHT THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL CHANCE FOR A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME STORMS
COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND
WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE. WHILE INITIAL COVERAGE COULD BE VERY
ISOLATED...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
AFTER 8 PM AND INTO THE LATER EVENING HOURS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS.

IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER FRIDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...PRIMARILY WEST OF HIGHWAY
281. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT
RANGE AND A SOUTH WIND WILL GUST 25 TO 30 MPH.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY...WITH SOME OF THESE WEEKEND STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. THE
MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT WHEN HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

AFTER A BRIEF BREAK MONDAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL RETURN TO PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH 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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