317 WWUS35 KICT 021721 SPSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1219 PM 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: AS OF MIDDAY...A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO MCPHERSON...TO MANHATTAN BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY FLOW SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR MOISTURE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. WITH PARTIAL SUN EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL REACH HIGHS IN THE 80S. THEREFORE...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AFTER 3 PM. THE STORMS MAY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ALONG THE FRONT BY EVENING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS ALONG THE FRONT... PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO SLIDE INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD...ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONTINUED THREAT TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 3 PM...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO SALINA...AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO CHANUTE. /CARUSO  317 WWUS35 KICT 021721 SPSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1219 PM 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: AS OF MIDDAY...A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO MCPHERSON...TO MANHATTAN BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY FLOW SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR MOISTURE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. WITH PARTIAL SUN EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL REACH HIGHS IN THE 80S. THEREFORE...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AFTER 3 PM. THE STORMS MAY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ALONG THE FRONT BY EVENING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. SOME OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE STORMS MAY MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS ALONG THE FRONT... PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO SLIDE INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD...ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT. HOWEVER...THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONTINUED THREAT TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 3 PM...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO SALINA...AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO CHANUTE. /CARUSO