000 FLUS43 KGID 042031 HWOGID HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 331 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 051200- 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- 331 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. A SLIGHT THREAT EXISTS FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SLIGHT THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 14. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS. AFTER A BRIEF DRY PERIOD...THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA STARTING LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS LOOK FAVORABLE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO EVENING FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) $$