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AWUS83 KGID 272053
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
350 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER THE CENTRAL 
PLAINS TODAY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS WAS REPORTED IN ONE 
STORM IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MOST STORMS 
WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. STRONG EAST TO 
SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE COMMON OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE REGION 
WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. TEMPERATURES LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
RANGED FROM THE 50S IN NEBRASKA TO THE LOWER 70S IN SOUTHEAST 
KANSAS. 

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON. IT IS FORECAST TO DRIFT EAST INTO IOWA OVERNIGHT. 
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER KANSAS AND 
NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EVENING. CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF KANSAS 
WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE 
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES. AFTER THE LOW MOVES 
EAST...PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AND CLOUDS SHOULD DECREASE FROM 
WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL VARY 
GREATLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT...RANGING FROM NEAR 
FREEZING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE TO AROUND 50 IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. 

ON SATURDAY...EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 
60S.

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EDDY