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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
441 AM CDT WED APR 23 2014

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441 AM CDT WED APR 23 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
FROM LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SUSTAINED
WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AND A
WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

THE RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF THE KANSAS
TURNPIKE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY MAINLY NORTH AND
WEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD
FRONT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS ON
THURSDAY ACROSS FAR EASTERN KANSAS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA FROM LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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