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At some level, we’re all weather geeks.
Will 2013 tornado season be as subdued as last year?
Today at 9:10 a.m.DENVER — The unusually quiet tornado season of 2012 and the active first month of the new year may be a sign of things to come as global warming tightens its grip on Tornado Alley, a prominent weather official said at a national storm chasers convention Saturday.
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2012 saw fewest tornadoes on record
Tornadoes didn’t spare Wichita or Kansas on April 14, but after that weekend they essentially took the rest of the year off.
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City apologizes for slick streets in Wichita area
City officials aren’t a lot happier than their constituents after a morning drive Thursday that was as hazardous as they can remember.
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Record high temps to be followed by weekend chill in Wichita area
Records are falling with the leaves as a warm spell pushes into late October in Wichita.
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After a busy 2011, numbers of tornadoes dramatically down this year
When most folks talk about the drought of 2012, they’re referring to the lack of rain.
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Wichita’s summer was hot, but not the hottest
It was such a hot, dry summer in Wichita and Kansas that most fall crops didn’t stand a chance.
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The heat’s back over Wichita, and likely to stay for a while
Back into the furnace we go. Another summer heat wave will clamp down on Kansas and the nation’s heartland today, with forecasters projecting temperatures to top 100 degrees in Wichita for at least the next six days, after Monday’s relative respite of 97.
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New weather alert system for cellphones debuts
FEMA has rolled out a national weather alert system for mobile phones around the country.
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Triple-digit temperatures expected for a few more days
Get used to this: The heat wave that has socked Kansas with triple-digit temperatures over the past few days appears set to stick around through at least the end of the week, forecasters say.
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Across the country, May was quietest month for tornadoes in 60 years
Although it’s been an active tornado season in Kansas, the rest of Tornado Alley has been remarkably quiet.
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‘Rock stars’ of Kansas weather: A conversation with four local broadcasters
Kansans have a well-known obsession for weather, which makes celebrities of the broadcasters who report it. There are few more recognizable people locally. They are equally important to their stations – for ratings and profits.
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New chief of Weather Service branch had eye on sky early
Looking back on it now, Suzanne Fortin says she may have been predestined to land a prominent position at the Wichita branch of the National Weather Service.
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Homes damaged near Harper as storms move through Wichita area
A tornado damaged multiple homes west of Harper in Harper County on Saturday night.
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More places to take shelter in Tornado Alley towns
It’s been more than 20 years since a massive tornado decimated about one-third of Andover, killing 13 people in the Golden Spur mobile home park.
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Mild winter is bad news for spring allergy sufferers
Allergy season has come early this year and hit with a wheezing vengeance in parts of the South and Midwest, including Wichita, thanks largely to an unusually warm winter.
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Rains to soak region for a few days
Just in time for spring break, Wichita appears set for several days of rain.
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Common misconceptions about tornadoes
Myth: Tornadoes never strike the same place twice.
Fact: Cordell, Kan., had a tornado hit on May 20 three years in a row in 1916, 1917, 1918. In Guy, Ark., three tornadoes hit the same church on the same day. -
Read a transcript of today's live chat with Eagle reporter Stan Finger and local meteorologist Chance Hayes.
Read a transcript of today's live chat with Eagle reporter Stan Finger and local meteorologist Chance Hayes.
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