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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
500 AM CST MON MAR 21 2005


SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING, AND EVENTUALLY SPREAD INTO 
CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AS SUNRISE APPROACHED. SOME 
OF THE STRONGER STORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS PRODUCED PEA SIZE 
HAIL AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS. LATE NIGHT TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 
LOW 40S OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS, TO THE LOW 50S OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL 
AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE SUNFLOWER STATE. WINDS ACROSS THE AREA 
WERE GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH.

A POWERFUL EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY 
BRINGING A WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER WITH IT. SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY ACROSS MOST OF KANSAS, OKLAHOMA 
AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY 
OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS, AND ESPECIALLY OVER 
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. MEANWHILE, SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER 
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA WHERE 1 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE 
POSSIBLE. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 
THE LOW 60S OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, TO THE 30S OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA.

MORE WET WEATHER WILL BE ON TAP TONIGHT AS THIS STRONG SYSTEM TAKES 
ITS TIME TRACKING EAST. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN 
BE POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF KANSAS, OKLAHOMA AND MISSOURI. HOWEVER, THE 
BULK OF THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. AGAIN, 
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF NEBRASKA, WHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 4 
INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE 
FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE MID 40S OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND 
SOUTHERN MISSOURI, TO THE 20S OVER MUCH OF NEBRASKA.

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LAWSON