Parts of Kansas, including Wichita and surrounding cities, are now under a tornado watch until 9 p.m. as severe weather moves into the area this afternoon.
National Weather Service forecaster Vanessa Pearce told The Eagle the Wichita area will likely move out of that watch earlier while eastern Kansas will likely stay under a watch later depending on how storms develop.
The tornado watch covers 17 counties: Butler, Chase, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick and Sumner in central Kansas and Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson in southeast Kansas…