8:15 am -- As I expected, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has put the center of the country--including the Eastern part of Kansas in a "High" risk area. For a details of the risk area, click here. For those of you not familiar with SPC procedure, the "High" category is used only a few times each year. The SPC only uses it when they expect a significant, severe outbreak of severe weather. While I have seen a situation in which an area marked "High" had no severe weather at all, those circumstances are rare. There is the possibility that the conditions will not play out exactly as forecasted, but it's better to be prepared than caught off guard.
I'll be following the weather as much as I can all day, and I'll add updates to later parts of this post as conditions warrant.
If you live in the high risk area, you will want to keep one eye on your local media outlets, starting this afternoon. You can also use the NWS Forecast Office in Topeka's website as a source for information. Stay safe today!
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