FLUS43 KTOP 080149 HWOTOP HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 849 PM CDT SUN SEP 7 2008 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-081500- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 849 PM CDT SUN SEP 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT AREA IS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COUNCIL GROVE TO HIAWATHA. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH 5 AM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE LARGE HAIL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. DUE TO FAVORABLE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE BETTER INSTABILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. THE FRONT WILL THEN LIFT BACK NORTHWARD TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...AND BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT...BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL A HALF INCH OR GREATER IN SIZE. $$ BOUSTEAD