Storm

The April 14 tornado treated Spirit AeroSystems' buildings like they were made of aluminum foil. Layers were peeled-off and tossed all over the plant. The storm debris ended-up at CDR North. "Right after the storm, there were lines and we were backed-up and we were trying to get everybody through as quickly as possible," Cornejo and Sons' Morgan Koon said. Koon says right after the storm, trucks were bringing-in hundreds of tons of trash a day.  But things have slowed-down now.  "I think on average what we've been seeing is at least an increase of 50 tons a day," Koon said.

The approaching storm means big business for grocery, gas and hardware stores. Many people were out Sunday stocking up before they get snowed-in. A storm is brewing and it seems like everyone is at the grocery store. "It's packed though, it's like Christmas time almost , wall to wall," says one customer at Dillons on 21st and Maize Road. The aisles of that store have been packed with people stocking up, since news of the second storm.   " We're actually doing regular shopping but when we got to that aisle all the beans were gone ," says another customer.

On the ground and ready to represent their state at the Republican National Convention, the Kansas delegates arrived this weekend ahead of the bad weather. "We had a smooth flight flying in," Kansas State Republican Vice-Chair Kelly Arnold told us Sunday afternoon.  "So far, everybody has had good travels. " Delegates have been checking out the Florida scenery and doing some shopping before the weather turns bad. "A lot of them are definitely nervous (about the weather)

Life in Haysville changed ten years ago Sunday, but you'd hardly know from looking at the city today. On the evening of May 3, 1999, a massive F-4 tornado ripped through the city's business district. The tornado killed six people in Sedgwick and Sumner counties. The tornado hurt more than 150 people. The tornado hurt more than 150 people and left thousands more homeless. The storm left a 17-mile path of destruction and caused nearly $150 million in damage. Vice-President Al Gore toured Haysville three days after the storm hit, comforting victims many of whom lost everything.

The National Weather Service calls Sunday evening's tornado and EF-1. Larry Pankratz believes the winds topped 100 mph. "I'm sure this storm was more than 110. I'd bet money on it," said Pankratz. His wind generator took the brunt of the wind with hardly any damage. "It made a totally different sound than it probably ever has. I've never heard it make that particular sound," said Pankratz A sound he never wants to hear again because it reminds him of what happened on his property.

by Ross Janssen Millie was born on September 23, 2004 in Oklahoma. I got her from my cousins that live down in Chickasha, OK. Millie has traveled all over the central US on different vacation trips and even on some storm chasing adventures. In 2005, she ventured to the top of Bear Peak (a 9,500 foot mountain top outside of Boulder, CO) She made it all the way up and back down, even in the middle of a thunderstorm. Millie has been to western Kansas a number of times on storm chasing adventures in SatCam and while the number of tricks is limited, Millie is very good at knowing when the weather will change.

Tejay Lovelock came all the way from Australia to keep an eye on the Kansas sky. "We've probably driven about 2,000 miles so far and we haven't seen a tornado yet. " He's spending his vacation storm chasing, joining the hundreds that hit the road in search of the perfect storm. Among them, is KWCH storm chaser Mikey Gribble. On Wednesday he was centrally stationed in a town that knows tornados all too well - Greensburg. "There were probably 20 or 30 chasers, a lot of tour vans first thing this morning, and then everyone just kind of spread out since then.

by Chris Durden Sunday marks one year since an EF-5 tornado scattered lives and debris across three western Kansas counties. Tornadoes killed 11 people in Greensburg and two more elsewhere. Much of the debris is now gone, replaced with solar panels, tinted windows and a new sense of purpose. Greensburg took its name to heart and after the storm became the first community in America to go "green". Greensburg GreenTown Planet Green Many homes, almost all businesses, even City Hall will have wind turbines, water-saving toilets and other energy-efficient technology.

South of Argonia, Perry Kinney rode the storm out in his truck. "I just laid down in the seat and hung on,” Kinney said. The tornado turned his truck around and took out six of his sheds.  But he wasn't the only one who went for a wild ride. "I had two horses in there.  But I found them over east here a mile and they're fine,” Kinney said. Click here to see storm damage photos. Following the path of destruction northeast, the tornado treated Mark Tracey's heavy-duty combines like they were pieces of sheet metal.

A Winfield dispatcher tell Eyewitness News Thursday morning that it is ok for for residents to venture out of their homes. She told us emergency workers cleaned up the big debris overnight. ------ 1:00 A.M. Winfield police and emergency crews ask residents to stay in their homes overnight. A storm hit the town Wednesday evening leaving behind structure damage and downed trees and power lines. Cowley County dispatchers tell us several homes and at least one church was damaged during the storm.