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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
712 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

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712 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG
AND WEST OF A LINCOLN TO HUTCHINSON TO ANTHONY LINE. PLEASE REFER
TO THE WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA 
LATER TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE 
POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE KANSAS 
TURNPIKE. THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH AND LARGE 
HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A RISK FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF
THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. MEANWHILE...A UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL DRIFT VERY SLOWLY INTO THE PLAINS ON MONDAY NIGHT...AND THEN
STALL OUT OVER THE REGION FOR A COUPLE DAYS THEREAFTER. THIS WILL
LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAINFALL WHICH COULD BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS WHERE FLOODING PROBLEMS
COULD OCCUR. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

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