[:NP :PH ON :RA 220 :DV BF 40 HR 6 SR 40]
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AROUND THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...SKIES WERE CLOUDY.  
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S.  WINDS WERE EAST TO 
SOUTHEAST...AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

CLOUDY SKIES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT.  RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH 
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...AS A STRONG STORM 
SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE PLAINS.  THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG TO 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SATURDAY 
MORNING.  IN ADDITION...REPEATED ROUNDS OF RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO 
LOCALIZED FLOODING.  TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY MODERATE...AND REACH 
SEASONAL LEVELS ON FRIDAY.  RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 
FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS AFFECT THE 
REGION.  