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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
555 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

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555 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
MORNING. SOME STORMS COULD BE BRIEFLY STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE PEA
SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH.

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 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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