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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
537 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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537 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING BUT VISIBILITIES WOULD
GREATER THAN 1 MILE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL...ARE
POSSIBLE OVER AREAS ALONG...AND WEST...OF I-135 FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. HAIL AS LARGE AS TENNISBALLS MAY OCCUR
ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 14. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS LATER
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE PRODUCING VERY LARGE
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNISBALLS WILL SHIFT EAST SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT...IMPACTING AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-135. A FEW
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SEVERE WEATHER OF ALL TYPES...WILL OCCUR PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING OVER PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...THEN OVER
AREAS ALONG...AND EAST...OF I-135 SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT
(LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

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