MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Communication Breakdown; Other / Unknown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Rejected Takeoff; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors
Leading up to my rejected takeoff; there were many events prior to leaving the gate that resulted in a one hour and 43 minute delay.1. 4 Flight releases were sent to me before one was satisfactory for a safe flight.a.	First one had us landing with 5000 lbs and flying through weather that was spawning tornadoes.b.	Second one had us flying through the same weather (requested a route further north) but had the additional fuel.c.	Third one requested an alternate due to marginal weather at destination.d.	Fourth one was all correct.2. GPWS would not test; Maintenance (MX) tried to have me defer it; I said NO. If I had to divert due to some circumstance in the weather in mountainous terrain I did not feel comfortable with that. MX was able to fix the problem.3. Had to have fuel put on the aircraft three separate times.4. Flight was changed from an Airbus to an MD80 and flight attendants were dealing with passenger seating issues. As one can see this was not a typical morning departure. Once everything got resolved; push back was a non-event. During taxi to runway XXL a Cessna took off XXL at an intersection; and we pulled up to the hold short line and stopped. Tower then said to line up and wait; I called for the Before Takeoff checklist; First Officer (FO) performed the checklist and everything was competed on the checklist. I did a typical 90 degree MD80 turn on the Runway. This is where I forgot that we were given a Line Up and Wait. I spooled up the engines to 1.4 EPR released the brakes and started the roll FO said something but was not quite sure what he said and at almost the same time; Tower called and asked if we had the departing Cessna traffic turning south. This is when I realized that we were given a line up and wait instruction. Although I probably could have just stopped and reset for a takeoff as we had not moved that far (we were between the end of the runway and B1) I decided to take the conservative approach; pull off the runway; talk to my FO of what just happened; and call Dispatch and tell the Duty Pilot what happened. Once I had talked to the Duty Pilot; explained to him what happened and let him know it was a low speed abort (no faster than taxi speed); and we had over our min. fuel for takeoff we both agreed we were okay to continue. My recommendation for correcting this problem is to have a 'To the line' on the Before Takeoff checklist for a line up and wait situation. Also; there are a few items missing on the Before Takeoff checklist; Terrain; and Runway Update. These two items are required for us to perform but are not listed.
After a variety of issues that cause a lengthy delay; an MD80 Captain reports being cleared to line up and wait but proceeds to line up and go. The mistake is realized at low speed and the takeoff is rejected.