Severe Weather Awareness Week - Preparing

Good Monday morning! This is Severe Weather Awareness Week, a time set aside for us to discuss severe weather topics, and an opportunity for you to review safety procedures with your family.

One of the keys to staying safe is to be prepared and understand the basics of thunderstorms.
Did you know:
1. Severe storms are those that produce 1" hail or larger, 58 mph winds or stronger, or tornadoes
2. Every thunderstorm produces lightning
3. Lightning victims carry no electrical charge after they have been hit
4. There are 3 stages to a thunderstorm; developing, mature, and dissipating

5. There are 3 necessary ingredients for a thunderstorm; moisture, warm air that can rise, and lift (could be a front, low pressure, or just the sun's heat)
6. Approximately 1600 thunderstorms are occurring at any given time around the world.

Tuesday is scheduled to be the statewide tornado drill at 1:30, but due to the clouds and potential showers, it could be postponed. 

Tomorrow, we will look at some stats for tornadoes.

Model forecast for cold temps into Wednesday afternoon

Get ready for another change in Kansas weather for Tuesday. A cold front will be pushing through our area and that means, more cold air is coming. However, it will be brief. The coldest day (highs in the 20s and 30s) will be Wednesday. Thursday will be the start of a warm up that will take us into the weekend. Less than 20 days until spring.