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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1014 PM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025

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1014 PM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

The red flag warning remains until 7am Wednesday for south central
and southeast Kansas. Strong winds and low RH around 20 percent are
expected to persist through tonight with little or no recovery in
RH for south central and southeast Kansas. This will allow very high
to extreme fire danger to persist through the night.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

An intense storm system will move across central and eastern Kansas
on Wednesday causing strong winds from the northwest to gust
between 50 and 60 mph. Additionally a band of snow is forecast to
develop across central Kansas capable of producing a few inches of
snow. While the snow is falling, the strong winds are likely to
cause blowing snow and near zero visibilities for a period of time
Wednesday morning. This led to a Blizzard Warning for Russell,
Lincoln, Barton and Ellsworth counties from 4am until 1pm Wednesday.
A mix of rain and snow could impact locations further south. Please
see the latest winter headlines for more information.

With these strong winds, High Wind Warnings and Wind Advisories
remain in effect for the entire area through the day Wednesday.

Very high grassland fire danger is forecast from Thursday through
Sunday with area wide coverage on Friday given potential wind gusts
up to 40 mph.

There is a slight chance for thunderstorms in southeast Kansas on
Sunday morning. No severe weather is anticipated at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

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For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=ict

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