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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
839 PM CDT WED JUN 30 2004

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY 
RAINFALL...MOVED NORTH ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES PLUS WERE REPORTED IN SOME AREAS OVER 
THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.  WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN 
THE 80S AND HIGH HUMIDITY READINGS REMINDED THE REGION THAT SUMMER 
HAS RETURNED.

A POTENT UPPER ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE SITUATED OVER EASTERN 
COLORADO...WILL BEGIN TO SPIN EAST ACROSS KANSAS TONIGHT INTO 
THURSDAY.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED  
TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...AND THEN BECOME MORE NUMEROUS 
ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY.  DUE TO THE SATURATED AIR...A FEW 
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.  OTHERWISE...EXPECT 
TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN VERY WARM OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE 60S AND 
70S.  HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 80S.
  
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SMB