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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
622 PM CDT Sat Sep 16 2017

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622 PM CDT Sat Sep 16 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

A few strong to severe storms remain possible before 10 PM,
generally southeast of Salina to Great Bend, and northwest of the
Kansas Turnpike. If a storm or two can manage to develop, it will be
capable of half-dollar size hail and 60 to 70 mph winds, along with
locally heavy rain.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Off-and-on active weather will persist across the region Sunday
through next weekend.

Hit-or-miss showers and thunderstorms will impact the area Sunday,
with activity increasing in coverage Sunday night and persisting
into Monday morning. While widespread severe weather is not
expected, the strongest activity may produce dime size hail and 55
mph winds, along with pockets of heavy rain. Isolated storm chances
will persist Monday evening and night.

Thunderstorm chances should gradually increase from late week into
next weekend, with strong to marginally storms and locally heavy
rain possible.

Strong and gusty south winds coupled with above normal temperatures
will likely support very high grassland fire danger Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed before 10 PM southeast of Salina to
Great Bend, and northwest of the Kansas Turnpike.

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For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
http://weather.gov/wichita/hwo/

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