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- The mystery: We visit the National Weather Service in Norman, Okla., to observe the science of predicting the storms
- March 11, 2009
- On the day that Barack Obama was sworn in as president, the weather across the United States was fittingly peaceful. Computers in the nation’s Storm Prediction Center showed no signs of severe weather. Still, the center operated as it would on the other 364 days of the year.
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Severe weather seasons bring haunting memories of night in Andover
They say 13 people died and another 150 were injured that Friday in a small town east of Wichita, just off the interstate, a place few folks outside the area had ever bothered paying much attention to before.
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Video: Tornado etched into Topeka's memory
Topekans watched on June 8, 1966 as an F5 tornado descended on the heart of the city. Watch »
Video: Tips to keep you safe during severe weather
With tornado season upon us, it's time to think of what you can do to keep your family safe during a tornado. Watch »
Video: Students learn techniques for twister safety
Stop, drop and tuck: that's what students at Sunset Hill Elementary did today during the state-wide tornado drill. Watch »
Video: Change coming to tornado warning alerts
Douglas County Emergency Management is making a critical change in how they deal with tornado warnings. Watch »
Eye of the Storm
The 6News weather team looks at the ferocious storms of years past and preparations for this year's severe weather season.
In the Eye of the Storm
River City Weekly takes a look at severe weather and the people who track it.
Inside the National Weather Center
Daphne Thompson has been the meteorologist education outreach coordinator at the National Weather Center for three years. So far, she estimates that she has provided tours to more than 8,000 people. She is married to Richard Thompson, a lead forecaster in the Storm Prediction Center. They met as students in the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology, which is located in the building that they work in today.
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Interactive Timeline: Top snow events in Lawrence history
This interactive timeline displays the top five single-day snow totals in Lawrence history, the top five coldest days in Lawrence history and the top five single-day snow totals in Lawrence since 1991.
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Greensburg residents adopt pioneer spirit while trying to rebuild one year after tornado
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More Severe Weather
- Obama praises Joplin’s resilience after tornado
- May 21, 2012
- One year after a deadly tornado devastated their city, President Barack Obama praised the residents of Joplin, Mo., for a spirit of perseverance and resilience that he said could serve as a model for a nation still grinding its way through tough economic times.
- Bishop Seabury receives FEMA grant to build safe room
- May 16, 2012
- A visit by a Bishop Seabury Academy trustee to tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo., has prompted the school to look into constructing a room built so soundly it could withstand a missile attack.
- Douglas County under severe thunderstorm watch
- 04:00 p.m., May 6, 2012 Updated 04:06 p.m.
- The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Douglas County. It expires at 11 p.m.
- Douglas County under flood advisory until 9 p.m.
- May 6, 2012
- The National Weather Service placed Douglas County under an urban and small stream flood advisory. The advisory lasts until 9 p.m.
- Douglas County tornado watch canceled
- 07:03 p.m., April 27, 2012 Updated 09:58 p.m.
- The National Weather Service in Topeka allowed a tornado watch for Douglas County to expire at 9 p.m.
- Douglas County under tornado watch until 9 p.m.
- April 27, 2012
- The National Weather Service has placed Douglas County under a tornado watch until 9 p.m.
- Gift, grant help replace trees in Greensburg
- April 22, 2012
- Joan Hayse misses the way the giant old maples, elms, and cottonwood trees would arch across the streets of town forming a canopy of shade in the heat of the Kansas summer.
- KU meteorology students crazy about the chase
- But they’re less fond of amateurs who know little about storm safety
- April 22, 2012
- For once, Garrett Black and the three other people in the car were in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time. And for Black, a Kansas University junior studying atmospheric science, and the three people in his car, that meant a video of a tornado near Geneseo that got picked up by The Weather Channel, ABC News and other media outlets.
- Officials say storm chasers hindered emergency response
- Professionals in the weather business say criticism is unfair
- April 17, 2012
- So many people were chasing severe weather in parts of central Kansas during the weekend that roads were jammed and emergency responders were hindered from doing their work, some central Kansas safety officials said.
- Wichita announces plans for storm cleanup
- April 17, 2012
- Wichita officials have announced plans for helping residents dispose of debris from Saturday night’s tornado.
- Warnings credited in Midwest tornado outbreak
- April 16, 2012
- Concerned that Midwesterners might be complacent after repeated tornado warnings came to nothing, forecasters issued a sternly worded alert, well in advance, that weekend storms could prove fatal.
- Kansas hit by more than month’s worth of tornadoes
- April 15, 2012
- The massive storm system that plowed through Kansas this weekend damaged businesses, uprooted trees, caused power outages and upended about 100 homes in a Wichita mobile home park. But no serious injuries or fatalities were reported, a feat one authority called “pretty much a miracle.”
- Sedgwick County storm damage could total $283M
- April 15, 2012
- Sedgwick County officials say damages could be as high as $283 million after a tornado hit the southeast part of Wichita.
- Gov. Sam Brownback warns of storm dangers
- April 14, 2012
- Gov. Sam Brownback is urging Kansans to prepare to take shelter before storms hit their communities.
- Storms cause widespread power outages in Kansas
- 08:11 p.m., April 14, 2012 Updated 12:02 a.m.
- A tornado that hit Wichita has caused widespread power outages and other damage.
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