972 AWUS83 KICT 092107 RWSICT KSZ008>012-020>024-026-032>040-047>056-058-059-067>072-082-083- 091>096-098>100-100600- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 407 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 WINDY AND WARM CONDITIONS WERE IN PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS. LATE AFTERNOON READINGS RANGED FROM THE LOW 90S OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...TO THE UPPER 90S OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE SUNFLOWER STATE. SOUTH WINDS ACCOMPANIED THESE READINGS AT SPEEDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. AN ACTIVE WEATHER NIGHT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PLAINS AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY SOUTH. WIDESPREAD STORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA...IOWA...NORTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE LOCATIONS. SCATTERED STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF KANSAS...MISSOURI AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST IOWA...THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS AND INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY OVER MOST OF MISSOURI...EASTERN KANSAS...EASTERN OKLAHOMA ALONG WITH MOST OF IOWA. HOWEVER...THE BIGGER NEWS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS THAT WILL START TO OVERSPREAD THE CENTRAL PLAINS. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE 40S OVER NORTHWEST NEBRASKA TO THE LOW 70S OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. LOOK FOR HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY TO RANGE FROM THE 50S OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...TO THE 90S OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA. $$ LAWSON