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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1133 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THERE WERE IMPRESSIVE RAIN TOTALS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS IN THE PAST
24 HOURS, WITH REPORTS UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE HIGHEST REPORTED
RAIN TOTAL WAS 2.60 INCHES IN COMANCHE COUNTY. OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 50S TO THE LOWER 60S IN WESTERN
KANSAS.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER ABOVE THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS THIS EVENING. AT
THE SURFACE, A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTH DAKOTA ACROSS CENTRAL
NEBRASKA, CENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. A DRY LINE WAS JUST
WEST OF THE COLD FRONT IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. AS THE COLD FRONT AND
DRY LINE MOVE EAST TODAY, THEY COULD SERVE AS FOCUS FOR RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS
A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN KANSAS ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA TODAY. THERE IS A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MUCH OF
OKLAHOMA TODAY DUE TO HIGHER FIRE DANGER THERE. NEBRASKA AND KANSAS
WILL HAVE A RELATIVELY MILD AFTERNOON WITH A COOL NIGHT.

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 80S IN EASTERN
NEBRASKA TO THE UPPER 80S IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND JUST ABOVE 100
DEGREES IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND 50 DEGREES IN WESTERN
NEBRASKA TO THE MID 40S IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND THE UPPER 40S IN THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.

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