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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 348 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 192100- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 348 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP WEST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE IN EARLY THIS EVENING. ATMOSPHERIC INGREDIENTS ARE FAVORABLE OF SUPERCELLS AND SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER. THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL INITIALLY EXIST WEST OF HIGHWAY 183. THUNDERSTORMS IN THOSE AREAS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. AT SOME POINT THIS EVENING...THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MERGE...FORMING AN INTENSE LINE THAT WILL RACE ACROSS AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 183. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. IF THESE STORM MERGERS ARE DELAYED HOWEVER...THE RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE FURTHER INTO THE EVENING AND FURTHER EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM ORD TO GRAND ISLAND TO HEBRON NEBRASKA. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 183. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LEVEL OF THESE LATE WEEK STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS: PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) $$ HALBLAUB/WESELY