120 AWUS83 KICT 051010 RWSICT KSZ008>012-020>024-026-032>040-047>056-058-059-067>072-082-083- 091>096-098>100-051800- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 510 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 A STRONG SOUTHEAST-MOVING COLD FRONT WAS CUTTING THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE IOWA MISSOURI BORDER TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT...MOST TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 75 TO 80 DEGREE RANGE WHILE NORTHWEST OF THE BOUNDARY...THE MERCURY HAD DROPPED INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY BUT WERE NEITHER STRONG NOR SEVERE. RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE KANSAS NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES ITS SOUTHEAST JAUNT TOWARD...THEN ACROSS...THE KANSAS OKLAHOMA BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. HAIL UP TO NICKEL-SIZED AND 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTS ARE BOTH POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTH-CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY END ACROSS NEBRASKA AND MOST OF KANSAS IN A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST MANNER WITH MOST ACTIVITY OCCURRING ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI LATER TONIGHT. WITH THE COLD FRONT BISECTING KANSAS IN A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST MANNER A WIDE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES IS FORECAST. HIGHS FROM 80 TO 90 DEGREES ARE FORECAST FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE WHILE NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID 60S ACROSS NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS WHERE NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WINDS WOULD PREVAIL. IT'LL BE MUCH COOLER TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM AROUND 50 IN NEBRASKA TO THE LOWER 60S IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. $$ ES