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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1201 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TONIGHT...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS TO
MOVE INTO PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...PRIMARILY WEST OF HIGHWAY 283 IN
NEBRASKA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
THROUGH THE PERIOD CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE WEDNESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHILE SOME STORMS WEDNESDAY COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE...UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO
PINPOINT DETAILS AT THIS TIME.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY PRIMARILY SOUTH OF A MANKATO KANSAS...TO ALMA...TO
BEAVER CITY NEBRASKA LINE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL THEN EXPAND
TO INCLUDE MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY. WHILE SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...THERE ARE
CURRENTLY NO INDICATIONS OF ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENTS
AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN PARTS OF THE AREA 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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