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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

1052 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES PREVAILED OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THE 

OVERNIGHT HOURS UNTIL SOME LOW STRATUS CLOUDS MOVED INTO EXTREME 

SOUTHWEST KANSAS TOWARDS SUNRISE.  A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED SOUTH 

INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS 

TO SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY MORNING.  LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING 

WERE MILD AND RANGED FROM 54 AT GARDEN CITY AND ELKHART TO 64 AT 

HAYS AND MEDICINE LODGE.



ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE, SOME HIGH CLOUDS MOVED EAST 

ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT WHILE LOW CLOUDS INVADED 

NORTHERN KANSAS BY EARLY MORNING BEHIND THE FRONT.  LOW TEMPERATURES 

THIS MORNING WERE MILD ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS BUT DROPPED INTO THE 

50S IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE.  GOODLAND REPORTED A LOW OF 

51 WHILE TOPEKA REPORTED 67 AND WICHITA REPORTED A LOW OF 66.



A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL 

AND EASTERN KANSAS BEFORE STALLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE 

OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.  AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT 

IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THIS STALLED FRONT.  SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KANSAS AND INTO 

THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.  BEHIND THE FRONT LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE 

EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO.  RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW 

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO AND WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT WHILE A WINTER 

STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.  SNOWFALL 

ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.  



THIS AFTERNOON, UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL 

VARY ACROSS THE REGION.  TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S AND 40S ARE 

EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND NORTHEAST COLORADO WHILE HIGHS 

WILL REACH THE 70S AND 80S ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS.  

OVERNIGHT, CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL AS LOWS FALL INTO THE 30S AND 

40S ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND FROM 

SOUTHEAST WYOMING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO.  LOWS IN THE 

50S AND 60S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND EASTERN KANSAS.



COLEMAN