855 FPUS73 KICT 271031 NOWICT SHORT TERM FORECAST *DO NOT USE AFTER 7AM* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 530 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2002 KSZ032-033-047>051-271200- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...MCPHERSON...RUSSELL...SALINA 530 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2002 .NOW... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL RACE NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY THRU 7 AM ACROSS THAT PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY ALONG...AND WEST...OF A LINE FROM LINCOLN TO LYONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN SURGE INTO SALINE COUNTY AROUND 7 AM. $$ KSZ052-053-067>069-082-083-091>093-271200- MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKANSAS CITY-WINFIELD...EL DORADO... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...WICHITA 530 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2002 .NOW... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SPRINTING NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THRU 7 AM...MOST OF THE ACTION WILL OCCUR OVER THAT PART OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG...AND SOUTH...OF HIGHWAY 54. STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THEIR RACE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. $$ KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-271200- GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE-INDEPENDENCE... IOLA...PARSONS 530 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2002 .NOW... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SPRINTING NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...WILL SURGE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION. $$ ES