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Published on: 6/14/2008
Last Visited: 6/17/2008
By SARAH KESSINGER
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TOPEKA -- Kansas State Climatologist Mary Knapp was observing drought conditions in southwest Kansas Wednesday when she paused to snap a photo of a towering thunderhead east of Dodge City about 3:30 p.m.
Twelve hours later, Knapp witnessed the damage of that thunderhead's spawn as she drove along the trail of a tragic storm that slammed into central Kansas, flattening homes, schools and businesses and damaging others, including her work site at Kansas State University.
Knapp says Kansas is currently sandwiched between weather systems fueling turbulent skies across much of the state while producing drier than normal conditions in far southwest Kansas
This weekend should be calmer, she noted, but storms are again in the forecast for early next week.