WICHITA – A wide band of showers is moving northeast out of Oklahoma into the Wichita area this afternoon.
Commuters can expect a wet drive home, forecasters say, but high winds and hail are not expected with these showers.
“It could be just a good, old-fashioned rain,” National Weather Service meteorologist Ken Cook said.
The rain could last well into the evening.
Three tornadoes were reported in Kansas from Tuesday night’s storms, according to the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla.
One of them touched down briefly only a few miles northwest of Greensburg, which was decimated by an EF5 tornado two years ago. No damage was reported with Tuesday night’s tornado.
Earlier in the evening, two tornadoes were reported in southeast Kansas – one about 5 miles south of Fort Scott, and the other 8 miles southeast of Humboldt. No damage has been reported from those tornadoes.
There were more than 30 reports of hail around Kansas from the thunderstorms that formed, SPC records show.
WICHITA – Patchy fog and a bit of mist are possible in the Wichita metropolitan area this morning, and forecasters say scattered showers are expected later today.
Mostly cloudy skies with light breezes out of the north should persist throughout the day, with highs in the low 80s.
The strongest storms should be east of a Cottonwood Falls to Winfield line, forecasters say. Strong winds and large hail are the predominant threats, but “an isolated tornado can not be ruled out,” the National Weather Service warns.
Lows in the Wichita area should bottom out in the low 60s. Thursday should be partly sunny with highs around 80. A slight chance of showers persists through the weekend.