Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Wichita, KS

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
510 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

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RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
510 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW MAY PRODUCE NICKEL-SIZED HAIL OVER
PRIMARILY CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE OVER AREAS EAST OF I-135 ON MONDAY
BUT SHOULD BE NEITHER STRONG NOR SEVERE.

A VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE OVER PRIMARILY BARTON
AND RUSSELL COUNTIES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE
DANGER IS LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE
DANGER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IS GREATEST FOR CENTRAL KANSAS PRIMARILY
WEST OF HIGHWAY 14 WHERE RED FLAG WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AROUND THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND 60
TO 70 MPH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS WEST OF I-135 WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL
WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
DAMAGING WINDS BECOMING THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS
LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE
GREATEST PRIMARILY EAST OF I-135 ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR 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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