NOON UPDATE from the NWS: Severe thunderstorms are forecast to develop around 4 p.m. near a dryline, mainly east of Dodge City, then progress eastward through 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Hail up to golf ball-size is expected. A few tornadoes also could develop with the most likely area from Saint John to Pratt and Medicine Lodge.

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The National Weather Service is warning a series of storms expected Wednesday afternoon could be severe.

The hazardous weather outlook includes much of northwest Kansas, including Ellis County.

“There’s been an upper-level storm system that’s been sitting out to our west … producing daily rain and thunderstorms,” said NWS meteorologist Fritz Kruse. “It finally moved here this morning.”

That system will bring with it the possibility of tornadoes and up to baseball-size hail. Kruse said the area most at risk will be from Dodge City to east of Scott City.

Unfortunately, the storm isn’t expected to bring much moisture.

“The storm is moving at 20 to 30 mph,” Kruse said. “It will be hit or miss … not a widespread deluge. Might get a quick half-inch or might get nothing.”

More severe weather is possible Thursday and Friday but is expected to stay near Dodge City and south.

RELATED STORY: Tuesday front brings little moisture to region.

Kruse said, however, that one prediction shows Hays getting heavy rain on Saturday.

“There’s another warm front setting up on Saturday,” Kruse said. “Some models have it in Oklahoma … another has it coming north. Wherever that warm front sets up, there could be strong potential (for severe weather).”

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