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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
451 PM CDT THU APR 24 2014

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451 PM CDT THU APR 24 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WITH DIME SIZE HAIL POSSIBLE WITH
THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY. MEANWHILE...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A FEW
SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A DRYLINE SATURDAY EVENING AND
NIGHT...POSSIBLY AFFECTING LOCATIONS GENERALLY WEST OF THE FLINT
HILLS. WHILE THERE STILL REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON STORMS
ACTUALLY DEVELOPING...ANY STORM THAT CAN DEVELOP WILL QUICKLY
BECOME SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF
INTERSTATE 135 WOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE
HIGHER-END SEVERE THREAT.

THE DRYLINE WILL SURGE EAST SUNDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF INTERSTATE 135.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE FLINT HILLS.

VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL BE IN PLACE GENERALLY ALONG
AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND AREA WIDE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
MAY REACH EXTREME VALUES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS GENERALLY
WEST OF INTERSTATE 135. VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE GENERALLY WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY EVENING AND
NIGHT WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS...AND OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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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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