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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
433 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

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433 PM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND A WIND
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
THIS EVENING. A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR MAY RECEIVE
UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW BEFORE THE ACTIVITY RAPIDLY DIMINISHES AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY
GRASSES RESULTING IN VERY HIGH TO EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

GUSTY WINDS WILL DRIVE THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX INTO THE
VERY HIGH CATEGORY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS ON WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE
SATURDAY BRINGING A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY SUNDAY.

.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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