Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 305 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

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113-119-123-135-141-143-145-147-151-155-157-159-163-165-167-169-
183-185-195-280500-
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KS 

.    KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARBER               BARTON              CLARK               
CLOUD                COMANCHE            EDWARDS             
ELLIS                ELLSWORTH           FORD                
GRAY                 HODGEMAN            JEWELL              
KINGMAN              KIOWA               LINCOLN             
MCPHERSON            MEADE               MITCHELL            
NESS                 OSBORNE             OTTAWA              
PAWNEE               PHILLIPS            PRATT               
RENO                 REPUBLIC            RICE                
ROOKS                RUSH                RUSSELL             
SALINE               SMITH               STAFFORD            
TREGO

Wind Advisory

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WILL PRODUCE STRONG
SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

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ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...

RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...

KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...

PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
107 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER 2 PM CDT AND
CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 7 PM CDT.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS TO DRIVERS...

ESPECIALLY THOSE OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTORCYCLES.

LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE IS EASILY BLOWN AROUND
WITH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

Hazardous Weather Outlook

427 AM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /327 AM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE
LIKELY AFTER 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON, EAST OF A LINE FROM DIGHTON
TO LIBERAL. THE BIGGEST RISK WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
GRAPEFRUITS, WITH A SECONDARY RISK OF WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 80 MPH.

THE RISK OF THESE VERY STRONG STORMS WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AND
SHIFT EAST OF LINE FROM LARNED TO COLDWATER, THROUGH ABOUT 3 AM CDT.

AFTER MIDNIGHT, THE MAIN RISK WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN EACH LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
NIGHT TIME PERIOD FROM TUESDAY INTO SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME, SEVERE
STORMS WITH HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH
APPEAR MORE LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER 5 PM CDT AND LATER
UNTIL 3 AM CDT MONDAY, EAST OF A LINE FROM DIGHTON TO LIBERAL, AND
SPECIFICALLY IN ELLIS, TREGO, RUSH AND NESS COUNTIES.

&&

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