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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

UNDER CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER
80S FOR EASTERN KANSAS. MOIST AIR MADE TEMPERATURES FEEL CLOSER TO
90 DEGREES THOUGH. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WERE 5 TO 15 MPH.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND THE
INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE GOING TO HELP INITIATE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE MAINLY IN WESTERN
NEBRASKA...WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. LARGE
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO THREATS WITH ANY OF THE STORMS
DEVELOPING IN THESE AREAS. PLEASE CHECK YOUR LOCAL FORECAST AND BE
ALERT IF YOU LIVE IN THE MENTIONED AREAS. FORECASTED OVERNIGHT LOWS
WILL BE AROUND 70 DEGREES IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
AHEAD OF THE LOW AND THE MID 50S IN THE HIGH PLAINS. SOUTHERLY WINDS
COULD BE BREEZY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND THE
EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM POSSIBILITIES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES EASTWARD. SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR EASTERN
NEBRASKA...EASTERN KANSAS...WESTERN MISSOURI AND MUCH OF OKLAHOMA.
TORNADOES ARE ONCE AGAIN GOING TO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO THE LOW TO MID 80S FOR
MOST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS BESIDES WESTERN NEBRASKA...EASTERN
COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS WHICH WILL BE BEHIND THE LOW AND ONLY
HAVE HIGHS CLOSER TO 70. WINDS ARE GOING TO BE VARIABLE AND GUSTY AT
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH.

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VP