Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Wichita, KS

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS
1223 PM CDT THU APR 21 1994

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS:

BARTON      COWLEY      HARVEY      MARION      RENO        SEDGWICK
BUTLER      ELLSWORTH   KINGMAN     MC PHERSON  RUSSELL     SUMNER
CHASE       HARPER      LINCOLN     RICE        SALINE

AND IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS:

ALLEN       CHEROKEE    GREENWOOD    NEOSHO
BOURBON     CRAWFORD    LABETTE      WILSON
CHAUTAUQUA  ELK         MONTGOMERY   WOODSON

SYNOPSIS:

AT MIDDAY...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM A LOW NORTH OF WICHITA TO NEAR
JOPLIN MISSOURI.  WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF THIS FRONT.
AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH TODAY...SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  THE BEST
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COFFEYVILLE TO
ELDORADO TO HUTCHINSON.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

HOWERTON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
329 PM CDT THU APR 21 1994

AT 325 PM..RADAR INDCATED AN 80 MILE LONG LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES EAST OF MCPHERSON NEAR
HILLSBORO...TO CHANUTE. THE LINE WAS 20 MILES WIDE MOVING EAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE CHANUTE...IOLA AREA BY 345
PM AND IN THE MARION...EUREKA AREA BY 335 PM.x YOU CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS
AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LFW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
456 PM CDT THU APR 21 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 450 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RAGO...OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE...OR
15 MILES NORTH OF EL DORADO.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR...AND ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS.

SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE NOTED JUST NORTHWEST OF VIOLA OR 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS FOUND JUST WEST OF
WHITEWATER...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELDORADO.

PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF
VIOLA...WHITEWATER..NORTHWICH...AND ANNELLY ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS AND SHOULD MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF DROPPING TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
IN AN HOUR...SO IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER COVERED ROADWAYS...TURN AROUND
AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

*SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #106 CONTINUED FOR SOUTHEAST AND PARTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1000 PM.*

HYSELL