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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

456 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2001



PREDAWN TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...WERE THE RESULT OF  

SOUTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT.  SKIES WERE CLEAR MOST OF THE 

NIGHT...HOWEVER CLOUDS BEGAN MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH AND WEST AFTER 

MIDNIGHT.



THE EARLY MORNING WEATHER MAP SHOWED A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 

IOWA...ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS...AND INTO EASTERN COLORADO.  THE 

FRONT WILL CONTINUE A SLOW PUSH TO THE SOUTH...EXTENDING FROM 

CENTRAL MISSOURI...ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND INTO NORTHERN 

OKLAHOMA BY TOMORROW MORNING.  THE FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR 

SHOWERS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.  STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT 

MAY BE SEVERE THIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  RAIN WILL 

EXPAND BOTH AHEAD...AND WELL BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT.  THE ONLY 

RAIN FREE AREAS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING...WILL BE THE SOUTHERN HALF 

OF OKLAHOMA...ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSIOURI.



FORECAST HIGHS RANGE FROM THE 60S NORTH OF THE FRONT...TO THE 80S 

SOUTH OF THE FRONT.  HIGHS OVER KANSAS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S 

NORTHWEST...TO THE MID 80S SOUTHEAST.   LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 

THE 40S NORTH OF THE FRONT...TO THE 60S SOUTH OF THE FRONT.  LOWS 

OVER KANSAS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 40S NORTHWEST...TO THE MID 60S 

SOUTHEAST.



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