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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
713 PM CDT WED APR 9 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST OVER MOST AREAS EARLY
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY
AS WELL AS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH THE GRASSLAND FIRE
DANGER ON SUNDAY WILL DEPEND ON THE PRECIPITATION FORECAST.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST
KANSAS FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING....ALTHOUGH THE
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NEITHER STRONG NOR SEVERE.

PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION FROM SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT APPROACH THE REGION. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
APPEARS UNLIKELY...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF DIME SIZE HAIL...
50 MPH WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY CENTRAL KANSAS
LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION.

NEAR TO SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY NIGHT...WHICH MAY BE HARMFUL TO YOUNG PLANTS.

.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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