119 FPUS73 KICT 032057 NOWICT SHORT TERM FORECAST *DO NOT USE AFTER 7PM* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 357 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 KSZ032-033-047>051-040000- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...MCPHERSON...RUSSELL...SALINA 357 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 .NOW... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. THE SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. $$ KSZ052-053-067>069-082-083-091>093-040000- MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKANSAS CITY-WINFIELD...EL DORADO... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...WICHITA 357 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 .NOW... A WIDE LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE LINE EXTENDS FROM NEAR WELLINGTON TO EMPORIA. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AS THE LINE GRADUALLY MOVES EAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS...HOWEVER LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIEST STORMS. $$ KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-040000- GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE-INDEPENDENCE... IOLA...PARSONS 357 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH...HOWEVER LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. $$ NRR  119 FPUS73 KICT 032057 NOWICT SHORT TERM FORECAST *DO NOT USE AFTER 7PM* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 357 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 KSZ032-033-047>051-040000- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...MCPHERSON...RUSSELL...SALINA 357 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 .NOW... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. THE SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. $$ KSZ052-053-067>069-082-083-091>093-040000- MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARKANSAS CITY-WINFIELD...EL DORADO... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...WICHITA 357 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 .NOW... A WIDE LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE LINE EXTENDS FROM NEAR WELLINGTON TO EMPORIA. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AS THE LINE GRADUALLY MOVES EAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS...HOWEVER LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIEST STORMS. $$ KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-040000- GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE-INDEPENDENCE... IOLA...PARSONS 357 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2001 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH...HOWEVER LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS GREATER THAN ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. $$ NRR