Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Wichita, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1117 AM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995

AFOS PROBLEMS AND FLOODING HAVE LEFT LTL TIME TO LOOK AT NEW DATA.
FROPA AT ICT ARND 9 AM...WITH 14Z SFC MAP INDC LO W OF EMP AND W CEN
OK.  EXPCT SWRD DRIFT TO SLOW WITH TRAILING FNT AND NEXT S/W  COMING
OUT OF WRN TROF.

RSL 60/58 68  SLN 65/60 68
ICT 73/62 68  HUT 73/62 68
CNU 77/62 56

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS
112 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1995

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:

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG
AND EAST A LINE FROM LINCOLN TO SALINA TO COTTONWOOD FALL TO SEDAN...

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS INTO
WESTERN OKLAHOMA IS FORECAST TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
TOMORROW.  A LOW OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST
ALONG THE FRONT OVERNIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF THE FRONT.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH
THE PRIMARY THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THIS AREA IS
EAST OF A HILLSBORO TO KINGMAN TO ANTHONY LINE.

AS THE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AROUND
MIDNIGHT...AND INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER 300 AM.  THE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.  THE SITUATION
MAY BECOME SERIOUS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS MOST
RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ALREADY FLOODING OR FORECAST TO FLOOD.  WITH
ADDITIONAL RAIN...RIVERS WILL LIKELY RISE HIGHER AND CREST LATER THAN
CURRENT FORECASTS.

PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MAKE PLANS NOW AND
BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TONIGHT.  MANY OF THE FLOOD PRONE
ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE BY MORNING.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...EAST
OF A HILLSBORO TO KINGMAN TO ANTHONY LINE.   ANY REPORTS 8OF FLOODING
OR RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ARE REQUESTED.

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