(No Ratings Yet)An extended line of storms is now working its way into the Tri-Cities area. Theses storms have had a history of 1 inch hail and that is the primary threat with this line. The storms have configured into a bow pattern indicating that strong winds may be associated with them. Stay tuned to News 5 for the latest updates…
(No Ratings Yet) Pay attention to the latest weather information on Tuesday as a potent storm over the desert southwest will send pieces of energy our way that will stir up warm, moist unstable air pulled northward through the Plains.
Thunderstorm will erupt primarily Tuesday afternoon and continue through the evening hours. During this time frame, some of these storms could be severe producing large hail, damaging winds, with the threat of isolated tornadoes especially south of Highway 6 into north central Kansas. A cold front pushing through late in the evening should focus the storm with the main threat after midnight roughly south of a York to Phillipsburg, Kansas.
Greg will have the latest on News 5 Today.
(No Ratings Yet) Transition from rain to snow occuring throught the Tri-Cities. As precipitation evaporates it helps to cool the environment allowing the change over to occur faster. Wind Advisories remain in effect until 1 am for wind speeds of 25 to 30 mph gusting to 40 at times. Visibilities could drop to a quarter of a mile at times, but accumulations will be light, perhaps an inch or less.
As this storm chugs eastward, the precipitation should become more scattered late evening before ending by around 2 am. Sinking air behind this system will begin to clear out the the clouds presenting a freezing problem early Saturday. A Freeze Warning goes into effect at 4 am where temp drop and stay at or below freezing. To the east of Hwy 281 and south of the intersate the range may be between 33 to 35 degrees. For these areas Frost Advisories have been posted.
Might be a good idea to get the tomatoes covered tonight. Saturday will still be cool by May standards, upper 50s, but at least the sun will shine. Sunday we’ll be pushing 70.
(No Ratings Yet)Law Enforcement reported 3/4 inch hail in Cawker City, Kansas and 1 mile west of Glen Elder, Kansas
Time of reprort 7:46
(No Ratings Yet) Just wanted to pass along some severe weather information. Due to a technical glitch our sky alert system did not pick up the severe thunderstorm warning for Osborne county Kansas. That is now believed to have been fixed.
An isolated storm is now tracking through southern Jewel County and has a history of droping hail up to an 1″. Quarter to half inch hail is covering the ground 3 miles east of Osborne.
This storm had formed just behind a cold front. Drier air is moving into an environment of moisture rich air. There is the potential for some rotation with this storm as well as hail and strong winds…
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A powerhouse spring storm is still on schedule to emerge from the Pacific Northwest into the Central Rockies and Plains. As we commented yesterday there is still a chance of severe weather however today it appears the primary threat will be over southeastern Nebraska with the maximum threat of supercell development over eastern Kansas. There is still some uncertainty regarding track and intensity of the low along with the degree of moisture transported northward, so the severe risk area will be finalized over the next couple of days.
The Tri-Cities will be likely seeing wind and rain through Friday. Temperatures will hold steady or begin to fall during the day. Rain could transition to snow from the western Dakotas to as far east as North Platte.
(No Ratings Yet) After seeing the storm damage out of Virginia today, the severe weather season could not end soon enough in the view of this weather guy. The storms have been vicious this winter and spring across the country and the intensity continues unabated.
If you haven’t seen the news, three tornadoes hit Virginia today with the hardest hit being in the town of Suffolk. Two hundred people have been injured but fortunately no deaths. A school was hit along with a one hundred and thirty eight bed hospital which was still able to admit patients. Homes were scattered over the landscape as were numerous businesses. The damage path is Suffolk was about 25 miles wide with preliminary indicators suggesting winds of 170 mph. (more…)
(No Ratings Yet) Southwest Nebraska has reached its severe weather peak. Over the next few hours the severe weather threat should slowly expand eastward and new watches may be issued for the Tri-Cities area.
As storms move into a juicier air mass and low level jet stream winds begin to increase, the atmosphere may be freer to rotate. The next 4 hours will be critical as the tornado threat will expand to a Hastings to Concordia, Kansas line through the 1 AM hour. Profiles are also more favorable to large hail as well.
(No Ratings Yet) Storm have fired in northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska. So far they have been hail and wind producers effecting the Nebraska counties of Chase, Hitchkock, Perkins, and Hayes where hail is covering the ground right now.
This is really the leading edge of that upper level storm that remains in Colorado. This is going to be an overnight event and I would encourage anyone reading this to check the latest forecast and perhaps radars before going to bed tonight. Turn your weather radio on then tune to KHAS TV and will steer you to where the storms are as they approach.
We’re still expecting scattered storms to eventually congeal into a complex and race across south central Nebraska and north central Kansas producing strong winds and large hail. As the disturbance in Colorado pushes out of Colorado there is a tornado threat and its going to be roughly south of a Ravenna to Geneva line.
The only storm close to the Tri-Cities thus far this evening was an isolated one that fired just east of Elwood but as that tracks to near Lexington it is falling apart. Storms out of Hitchock county are now streaming toward Gothenburg and will be affecting those areas by 9 pm..
If you have any storm reports call KHAS-TV 1-402-463-1322 or email us at news5@khastv.com
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Today was simply a nice little warm-up for the main event Thursday evening. Storms did materialize today. Half dollar sized hail covered the ground near Bellaire in Smith County Kansas; in Frontier County some windows were broken by 2 inch hail; one and a half inch hail reported in Custer County along with 80 mph winds. Those were the highlights. One inch plus hail was common from Imperial to Ainsworth.
Tomorrow will be interesting. The main storm along with an associated cold front will push through the region and the threat of severe weather looms large with a moderate risk posted by the Storms Prediction Center for south central Nebraska including the Tri-Cities. From 4 o’clock through the evening is our window for storms. The main threat will be strong winds, large hail to baseball size and an isolated tornado can’t be ruled out.
It had to happen before long. I guess Thursday will be the day we get our feet wet…and hopefully that will be all.