Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
000 AWUS83 KTOP 100148 RWSTOP KSZ008>012-020>024-026-032>040-047>056-058-059-067>072-082-083- 091>096-098>100-101200- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 848 PM CDT MON MAR 09 2009 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCED BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED AS OF 8 PM. TEMPERATURES STARTED THE EVENING IN THE 55 TO 65 DEGREE RANGE AT MOST LOCATIONS...HOWEVER PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS WERE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. BY 8 PM...TEMPERATURES HAD NOT COOLED TOO MUCH...WITH READINGS RANGING FROM 49 AT CONCORDIA TO 72 AT COFFEYVILLE. WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WITH SPEEDS IN THE 5 TO 15 MPH RANGE OVER ALL BUT NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WHERE NORTHERLY WINDS WERE NOTED. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...SOUTHERN IOWA... MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS ACROSS OKLAHOMA... SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI COULD BECOME SEVERE. MEANWHILE...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE FOUND ACROSS NEBRASKA... NORTHWEST KANSAS AND NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA...TO NEAR 60 IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS. HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS AND IOWA...TO NEAR 80 IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL ONLY REACH THE TEENS AND 20S ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA. $$ MRC
