Daily Archives: June 18, 2009

Video of tornadoes near El Dorado Monday night

Doug Kiesling has posted video of two tornadoes that touched down in Butler County Monday night.

Butler County officials told me they documented a total of 8 brief touchdowns by tornadoes that evening. Other than some tree damage, however, no injuries or building destruction were reported.

Sunny and hot today for Wichita area

WICHITA – This could be the hottest day of the year for Wichita, forecasters say.

Sunny skies will help the thermometer soar nearly to 100 today, with south winds surging from the teens into the mid-20s. The heat index – a measure of how it feels combining temperature and humidity – is expected to top 100 this afternoon.

Isolated thunderstorms are expected to strike south-central Kansas late tonight, forecasters say, though they are not expected to be severe.