KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One man is in critical condition Friday night after being shot while in a vehicle in the Northland.

Kansas City, Missouri, police officers found the victim just before 4 p.m. in the 3500 block of North Choteau, according to a news release from the police department’s public information office.

No word on what led to the shooting.

No other information was released about the victim or the kind of vehicle he was in when officers found him.

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A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for portions of Kansas and Southwest Nebraska until 10 PM Friday.

Temperatures warmed a few degrees ahead of a potent storm system.  Early this evening, storms will enter Northwest Kansas and Southwest Nebraska.  

Damaging winds and large hail are possible with these storms.  In addition, storms will form in eastern Colorado and track into western Kansas.  These two clusters organize into a healthy storm complex.  

This dives south across western Kansas with damaging winds taking center stage into Friday night.  

Winds from 60-70 MPH will be likely along the leading edge of this complex, with sporadic gusts as high as 80 MPH.

With time overnight, weakening will occur farther south and east.  Scattered showers and storms should push into the Wichita Metro before dawn.  Leftovers linger through the morning farther east.

With the cold front nearby, new thunderstorms will form near and east of the Turnpike on Saturday evening.  A storm or two could be severe for hail and high winds into Southeast Kansas.

More isolated storms will trigger farther west.  

Temperatures will be reduced tomorrow primarily in the lower 80s with some in the upper 70s!

The effects of the cold front are still felt to end the weekend and start next week with temperatures below average.  

A low pressure system aligns to our east and keeps afternoon/evening chances for scattered showers and storms going Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.  On Tuesday, the system will begin to track away, allowing temps to gradually warm.

The chance for rain drops mid to late next week.  Highs will sizzle in the 90s by Thursday with the heat amping up the following weekend.

KSN Storm Track 3 Forecast from Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman:

Wichita:
Tonight: Partly to mostly cloudy. 20% chance of showers and storms. Lo: 67 Wind: SE 5-15
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy. 30% chance of showers and storms. Hi: 83 Wind: SE 8-18
Tomorrow Night: Mostly cloudy. 40% chance of showers and storms. Lo: 66 Wind: SE/NW 5-15

Wichita Weekly
Sun: Hi: 82 Lo: 65 Mostly to partly cloudy, breezy. 30% chance of showers and storms.
Mon: Hi: 82 Lo: 66 Partly cloudy. 20% chance of showers and storms.
Tue: Hi: 86 Lo: 68 Partly cloudy. 10% chance of showers and storms.
Wed: Hi: 91 Lo: 70 Mostly sunny.
Thu: Hi: 92 Lo: 71 Mostly sunny, breezy.
Fri: Hi: 93 Lo: 73 Mostly sunny.

-Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman

KANSAS (KSNT) – The Kansas Courts are currently being impacted by a global cyber outage.

On Friday, Lea D. Welch, Court Administrator for the Third Judicial District issued a press release regarding a global cyber outage.

According to Welch, some electronic systems and devices may be impacted this morning.

“The issue appears to have been caused by an update to the Crowdstrike Falcon antivirus software and is affecting systems across the world,” Welch said in the press release. “Please note this is NOT the result of a cybersecurity attack.”

Welch said Microsoft and Crowdstrike are guiding the implementation of a solution. She said the Shawnee County District Court is currently open for business and that scheduled hearings will be taking place as planned. She said the courts will use paper filings and manual processes for filings. She said phone lines into and out of the courthouse may also be affected.

At 6:02 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office reported on social media that its Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center was facing technical difficulties.

At 5:25 a.m., 540 flights in the USA were canceled after a worldwide Microsoft and Crowdstrike outage. Systems worldwide are now being affected. Worldwide, there are reports of major issues in hospitals, 911 call centers, airports, ports, and more.

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