Giant hailstones better recorded in social media
The radar map looked like a textbook setup for a stormy day in May, but this was mid-September.
The radar map looked like a textbook setup for a stormy day in May, but this was mid-September.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —The Army Corps of Engineers estimates it will cost more than $2 billion to repair the damage to the nation's levees, dams and riverbanks caused by this year's excessive flooding, a sum that dwarfs $150 million it currently has to make such repairs and that doesn't account for damage from Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee.
No matter how you slice it, local weather officials say, this was a rare summer for Wichita.
The tornado that struck the Wichita area 20 years ago is one of the deadliest in Kansas history.
ATLANTA — The slow-moving remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped a torrent of rain across the South on Monday and whipped up twisters that damaged dozens of Georgia homes as the storm system pushed farther inland. One death was reported, and at least one person was injured.
SAUCIER, Miss. —Lee dumped more than a foot of rain in New Orleans and spun off tornadoes elsewhere Sunday as its center came ashore in a slow crawl north that raised fears of inland flash flooding in the Deep South and beyond.
It was so cool Sunday, the YMCA shut down its outdoor water parks.
This summer officially blazed its way into Wichita history Thursday, when the temperature hit 100 for the 51st time. Triple digits arrived at 11:39 a.m., according to the National Weather Service, lifting 2011 to the top of the list of most 100-degree days in the city.
When the temperature hits 100 today and that's a given, local meteorologists say it'll become official: There's never been a summer like this in Wichita.
This sizzling summer matched the summer of 1980 for number of days in the 100s on Wednesday, while handily setting a record high for the date.
With the deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair fresh in their minds, Kansas State Fair officials will gather with authorities this week to review how to keep such a tragedy from happening in Hutchinson.
A monthlong stretch of hot, steamy weather was broken Wednesday as early-morning storms stomped through the area, causing significant damage in parts of Kansas and cutting power to thousands of area homes and businesses.
Vortex2, a two-year field study of tornadoes in the nation's midsection, is prompting researchers to reconsider theories on how twisters develop, a leader of the project said Friday.
Lots of trees were damaged by the storm that blew through the Wichita area on Wednesday night. Here are some pointers from Ward Upham of Kansas State University and Extension about assessing and taking care of the damage.
Dozens of meteorologists are converging on Wichita for a three-day weather conference that begins today at the Wichita Marriott.
Dozens of meteorologists are converging on Wichita for a three-day weather conference that begins Thursday at the Wichita Marriott.
JOPLIN, Mo. Debbie Fort just wanted to take a look around, peek inside classrooms and again feel what it's like to be where children are learning.
Cracks in the ground are now an inch or two wide. Ponds that have withstood many sizzling summers have gone dry.
Nobody's quite sure how strong the winds were that blew through Butler County near El Dorado Lake late Sunday afternoon.
It's hot! How hot is it? We took the temperature of several surfaces around Wichita one scorching midafternoon this week and found things — and people — to be way above the 104 heat.