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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
338 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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338 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS WILL
BRING VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE ALONG WITH DAMAGING
WINDS TO 80 MPH AND A FEW TORNADOES TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN
INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE THREAT FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
SHIFT SLIGHTLY EAST ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...IMPACTING AREAS
MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-135. A FEW TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WILL BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER OF ALL
TYPES..PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY
LINGER TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING OVER PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST
KANSAS.

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY RETURN TO THE
AREA LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND INTO 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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MWM