520 WWUS35 KICT 021035 SPSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-021800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 535 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN: CENTRAL KANSAS... RUSSELL BARTON LINCOLN ELLSWORTH RICE SALINE MCPHERSON MARION CHASE SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... RENO KINGMAN HARPER HARVEY SEDGWICK SUMNER BUTLER COWLEY SOUTHEAST KANSAS... GREENWOOD ELK CHAUTAUQUA WILSON WOODSON MONTGOMERY ALLEN NEOSHO LABETTE THE SYNOPSIS: A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING...IS FORECAST TO REACH AN EMPORIA TO WICHITA...TO ANTHONY LINE EARLY THIS EVENING. BRISK SOUTH WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT HAVE INCREASED MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 80S. BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS COULD BREAK OUT ALONG THE FRONT...AND WILL BE LIKELY BY LATE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S...MAY ALLOW ISOLATED STORMS TO DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...PRIMARILY OVER THE FLINT HILLS. SOME OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF A SALINA TO GREAT BEND LINE...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM EUREKA TO SEDAN. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TONIGHT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE...FROM LINDSBORG TO HUTCHINSON. /HOWERTON