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HWOICT

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

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903 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

WHILE AN ISOLATED TORNADO STILL CANNOT BE RULED OUT...THE TORNADO
THREAT APPEARS TO BE WANING...AND TRANSITIONING TO MORE OF A
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THREAT. THE
OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO WANE AS ACTIVITY
MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING.

.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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