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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1251 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014

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1251 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE MAXIMUM HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO
112 ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THESE DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES ARE
EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 9 PM...WITH THE HOTTEST CONDITIONS
BETWEEN 2 AND 6 PM.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROBABLY DEVELOP NEAR AND NORTH OF A
CONCORDIA TO TOPEKA LINE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM...AND SPREAD EAST AND
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IF THESE ARE STORMS INDEED
ABLE TO DEVELOP...THEY WOULD BE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED
DAMAGING WINDS STRONGER THAN 60 MPH. ANY PERSISTENT STORMS MAY
ALSO PRODUCE UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...BUT WIND WILL BE THE
PRIMARY HAZARD.

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EXIST ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35
WEDNESDAY...IN MAINLY NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS THURSDAY
NIGHT...AND IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SMALL
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...MAINLY NEAR AND NORTH OF A
CONCORDIA TO MANHATTAN TO OTTAWA LINE.

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