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KEY MESSAGES

- Conditional severe risk this evening into tonight.

- Numerous storms likely across the Flint Hills and southeast Kansas Thursday afternoon through night.

- A brief break is forecast for Friday, but higher storm chances return Saturday.

..FRIDAY THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK

Mid-range guidance continues to be a tad all over the place for Friday with some solutions keeping much of the region dry, and others showing an overnight MCS tracking across southern Kansas late Friday night into Saturday morning. Currently siding with the former solution, but trends will need to be monitored over the next couple of days. Regardless of what occurs on Friday, there's a fairly strong signal that another cold front will sag into the region on Saturday which will be catalyst for numerous showers and storms across the area, and strong to severe storms may be possible as well. A somewhat active pattern will continue into the beginning of next week, though rain chances will gradually decrease from day to day.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 1219 AM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

VFR conditions are expected to prevail through this TAF period. Low-level wind shear will impact central and southeast terminal sites through 13z. Southerly winds will pick up late this morning with gusts up to 30 kts and diminish in the late afternoon. A cold front will push into central KS this afternoon, shifting winds to northerly at GBD and RSL. Showers and storms are likely to develop along this front in the late afternoon into the evening, though there is uncertainty on storms impacting terminal sites, so decided to leave out mention in this issuance.

ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Heat Advisory from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening for KSZ067-068-082-083-091-092.