[:NP :PH ON :RA 217 :DV BF 40 HR 6 SR 40]
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SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVERSPREADING PORTIONS OF EASTERN 
KANSAS AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. ACROSS THE 
REMAINDER OF THE AREA...CLOUDY SKIES WERE BEING OBSERVED. 
TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S ACROSS 
MOST LOCATIONS. WINDS WERE OUT OF THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. 

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD 
PORTIONS OF THE REGION TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE 
THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE REMAINDER 
OF THE WEEK 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.