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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
354 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTED PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN
KANSAS SATURDAY EVENING AND NIGHT, AS A STRONG FRONTAL ZONE DRAPED
ACROSS THE REGION. LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS
EXCEEDING 80 MPH WERE REPORTED. THE REST OF KANSAS REMAINED DRY
OVERNIGHT. PREDAWN TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 50S OVER PORTIONS OF
WESTERN KANSAS, TO 60S AND 70S FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE STATE.
HOT AND WINDY WEATHER WILL ENCOMPASS THE REGION ONCE AGAIN TODAY.
FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 80S AND 90S, WITH ISOLATED
READINGS IN THE LOW 100S OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL
TODAY AHEAD OF DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS, WITH
GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH LIKELY. THE HOT AND WINDY WEATHER WILL
SUPPORT ELEVATED GRASSFIRE DANGER OVER GENERALLY THE WESTERN HALF
OF KANSAS. FINALLY, ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KANSAS,
WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE.
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS
EVENING OVER MAINLY CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KANSAS. FORECAST LOW
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT RANGE FROM 40S OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS, TO LOW
70S OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
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