Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS Wichita, KS
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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
SOUTHEAST KANSAS RECEIVED A GOOD...SOAKING RAIN TODAY...AS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS STREAMED ACROSS THE REGION. FOR AREAS GENERALLY
EAST OF KANSAS HIGHWAY 99...RAINFALL AVERAGED ABOUT ONE AND ONE QUARTER
INCHES...WITH RADAR DETECTING ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
BETWEEN SEDAN AND CHANUTE. LIGHT RAINFALL ALSO FELL ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS...WHERE ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS WAS DETECTED. SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS MISSED OUT ON APPRECIABLE RAINFALL...WITH ONLY MUGGY CONDITIONS
PERSISTING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THE RAIN AND CLOUDS KEPT TEMPERATURES COOLER ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS...WHERE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE 70S.
ELSEWHERE...THE JUNE SUN WAS ABLE TO PEEK THROUGH THE CLOUDS...AND
ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S ACROSS CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LINGERING BOUNDARIES GENERATED FROM STORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO BE STRONG...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. THE
HUMID CONDITIONS WILL NOT LET THE MERCURY DROP TOO LOW TONIGHT...WITH
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S.
AFTER A LULL THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY...LOW LEVEL
FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS SHOULD ALLOW FOR WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN DURING
THE LATE EVENING HOURS...WITH A COMPLEX OF STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE
THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT POSSIBLY LINGERING
INTO EARLY MONDAY.
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SF