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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
228 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS,
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
DAY ONE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO FALL TO AROUND
15 PERCENT OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING
IN A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS.
VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AS A COLD FRONT ARRIVES DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT AS
IT SETTLES SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
THURSDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
AN ISOLATED STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN
KANSAS.
A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF THE AREA FROM FRIDAY
THROUGH MONDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION, SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ERH/GHWO?WFO=ICT
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