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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
914 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

STORMS WHICH DEVELOPED EARLIER TODAY ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO
AND ALONG THE BORDER MOVED INTO NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA TONIGHT. AS THESE STORMS DRIFTED EAST, THEY QUICKLY REACHED
SEVERE LIMITS WITH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.
A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL JUST 7 MILES NORTH OF
THE TOWN OF RULETON IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. AFTERNOON HIGH
TEMPERATURES TOPPED OUT INTO THE MID 80S IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND
NORTHERN KANSAS WHILE A FEW LOWER 90 WERE OBSERVED IN EASTERN
COLORADO.

AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES TO MIGRATE FURTHER EAST, FLOW
WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND
ADJACENT PLAINS. SURFACE TROUGHING ON THE LEE SIDE OF THE ROCKIES
WILL SHOW VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER, AS SURFACE
MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MIGRATE NORTH TONIGHT, A DRYLINE WILL CONTINUE
TO FORM ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BECOME THE MAIN
FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY. FOR THE REST OF
TONIGHT, BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WHILE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO RUMBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
TO THE MID 60S IN OKLAHOMA. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL TOP OUT INTO THE
UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

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