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Posted on: May 20, 2013

[ARCHIVED] Severe Weather Update, Monday 20 May

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
EASTERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA ALONG A COLD FRONT DURING THE MID
AFTERNOON HOURS. SCATTERED STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE OUTLOOK AREA AHEAD OF THIS ACTIVITY. THE STORMS ALONG THE
COLD FRONT WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE AREA DURING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AND WILL SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT.

SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY WITH HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF BALLS AND DAMAGING WIND INTO EXCESS OF 60 MPH POSSIBLE.
THE SUPERCELL TORNADO RISK MAY BE LIMITED SOME BY THE CLOUD
COVER THAT HAS PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON. IF BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS OCCUR AND LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY
CAN INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THESE STORMS THE POTENTIAL
WOULD BE BETTER.

A LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS ACROSS KANSAS AND
OKLAHOMA AND SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY BOWING
SEGMENTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK FOR TORNADOES WITHIN THE
LINE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA DUE TO STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR.

IN ADDITION...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNT FROM ONE TO TWO
INCHES WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

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