Kansas
Storms in western Kansas tonight, more weekend rain
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
KHP says 135 spill was human waste
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) -Matthew Ho likes to keep a clean car.
“I basically use my car a lot for work, with my multiple day jobs and weekend jobs,” Ho said.
However, on Tuesday, it was anything but.
“I was on 135 going northbound towards Bel Aire,” Ho said, “Right about the exit of 21st st I kind of saw this big mess of pile up that just happened right as I was blinking.”
Ho had no choice but to drive through it. Then the smell came.
“I think it took a little bit just because at first it didn’t seem like it was anything,” Ho said.
The smell continued to get worse and there was nothing he could do about it. It was a 90 degree day, and even with that intense weather he could not use the air conditioning because the air that it used was smelly itself.
“It sticks, and now that we’re downdraft winds you can just smell it all the time,” Ho said.
The company responsible for the spill, No Limit Logistics LLC, said, ‘There was no human waste’. The Kansas Highway Patrol says otherwise.
Ho has tried to wash the smell out of his car multiple times.
“It didn’t work,” Ho said, “Washed the car again, still didn’t go away.”
Now, he is looking for someone to take responsibility.
“I would really like compensations for all the car wash, especially when it was something I didn’t do personally,” Ho said, “A mechanical failure on a truck isn’t necessarily someone’s fault, but someone’s liable for it.”
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Kansas City fire heavily damages house, demolition possible: firefighters say
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Fire damaged a Kansas City house so extensively it may need to be demolished.
Firefighters responded to a house fire near W. 81st and Summit Street around 1:45 p.m. on May 12.
Firefighters said they noticed smoke coming from the attic when they arrived at the house. They were able to extinguish the fire minutes after they arrived.
No one was in the house at the time of the fire, according to the fire department. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Inspectors are examining the house to see if it is stable and safe enough to remain standing or if it will need to be demolished.
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Boeing makes $1 billion investment in Wichita facility
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Boeing is making a billion-dollar investment in its Wichita location over the next three years, the company announced Monday.
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the investment will be used to upgrade facilities, expand employee training and strengthen the production system.
He said this will prepare the facility for a higher production rate, especially as Boeing tries to keep up with a record-high demand. The company is currently sitting on a backlog of 6,100 commercial planes, valued at $695 billion.
“It’s going to take the skills and capabilities of all of you to help us deliver on our record backlogs and meet the growing demand in aerospace,” Ortberg said. “And I know the 13,000 Wichita teammates are ready to deliver on that promise.”
There could be even more work coming to the facility. Reuters reported that Ortberg will be going to China with President Donald Trump and a few other leaders in the tech industry to talk about trade and investment opportunities.
Lt. Gov. David Toland said that more work at the company will help the Wichita economy and that it is up to the city to build up the workforce.
“We’ve got a company that’s put its money where its mouth is,” Toland said. “And as Kansans, as Wichitans, it’s on us now that we’re continuing to skill up our workforce, that we’re creating the talent pipeline that’s essential to allowing companies like Boeing to continue growing.”
Over the past several years, Wichita has invested in the aviation workforce. This includes expanding aviation education at WSU Tech and tapping students in WSU’s National Institute for Aviation Research to help with federal projects like the “Golden Dome” missile defense shield.
Last week, Boeing and WSU Tech announced a new partnership to build a workforce training center that will be a hub for Boeing’s Wichita workforce.
Sen. Jerry Moran hopes Boeing’s investments will ease concerns or caution surrounding the company’s return to Wichita and build on the city’s reputation in the aviation industry.
“You’ve heard me say that people come here and we convince them that this is the Air Capital of the World,” Moran said. “I don’t think we need any more convincing. This is now known. We are the Air Capital of the World.”
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