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Posted on: August 8, 2012

[ARCHIVED] NWS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA. LOCALIZED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM WITH STRAIGHT LINE DOWNBURST WINDS
AND ONE INCH HAIL POSSIBLE.

TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH WELL UP INTO THE 90S TO NEAR
100 DEGREES TODAY. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.

DRY VEGETATION FROM DROUGHT CONDITIONS ALONG WITH LOW AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED RISK FOR WILDFIRES.
LIGHTNING AND WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO SPARK GRASS AND
BRUSH FIRES WHERE HEAVIER RAIN DOES NOT OCCUR.

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