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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
622 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2014

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622 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST
OF A LINE FROM LINCOLN TO GREAT BEND LATE TONIGHT BUT SHOULD BE
NEITHER STRONG NOR SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS ON
SUNDAY
AND SUNDAY NIGHT. NICKEL-SIZED HAIL IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY
EVENING.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BUT SHOULD BE NEITHER
STRONG NOR SEVERE.

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL CLIMB INTO THE VERY HIGH TO
EXTREME CATEGORY DURING MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK ACROSS CENTRAL
AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
IS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY WEST OF
I-135.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND
WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS AND OVER AREAS PRIMARILY EAST OF I-135 ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

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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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