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#781 Postby Dave » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:31 pm

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
930 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 927 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ARGONIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO
40 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...MAJOR HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED. MAJOR POWER
OUTAGES IN PATH OF TORNADO HIGHLY LIKELY. SOME ROADS
POSSIBLY BLOCKED BY TORNADO DEBRIS. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
OF VEHICLES LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN WICHITA...VIOLA...CLEARWATER...GODDARD...WICHITA MID
CONTINENT AIRPORT...HAYSVILLE...SOUTH WICHITA...WEST WICHITA...
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE...DERBY...EAST WICHITA...MAIZE...
MULVANE...COLWICH...PARK CITY...NORTHEAST WICHITA...LAKE AFTON...
OAKLAWN...BEL AIRE AND JABARA AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 54.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 135 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 16.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW
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#782 Postby Texas Snowman » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:32 pm

@TWCMikeBettes: In path of large, violent #tornado in KS: Conway Springs, Viola, Clearwater, Oaklawn-Sunview, Wichita. Goto shelter now.
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#783 Postby Dave » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:32 pm

(10:31 PM) ICT: 2 NW Milan [Sumner Co, KS] storm chaser reports TORNADO at 09:30 PM CDT -- a 1/2 mile wide wedge on the ground.
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#784 Postby apocalypt-flyer » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:32 pm

All of Wichita under Tornado Warning. Wow.
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Re: Plains Tornado Outbreak: High Risk on 4/14-15 at OK,KS,NEB

#785 Postby CrazyC83 » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:32 pm

They might want to put up the most extreme language they can - use words like unsurvivable there...
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#786 Postby RL3AO » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:32 pm

Downtown Wichita under tornado warning now.
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#787 Postby Dave » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:32 pm

Sedgwick Co. sounding all sirens
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Re: Plains Tornado Outbreak: High Risk on 4/14-15 at OK,KS,NEB

#788 Postby Ntxw » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:32 pm

I'm afraid we may get some bad bad news out of the stafford county tornado come daylight...one of the scariest looking storms I have seen in awhile.
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#789 Postby Texas Snowman » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:32 pm

Tornado Warning for Sedgwick County in KS until 10:15pm CDT
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Re: Plains Tornado Outbreak: High Risk on 4/14-15 at OK,KS,NEB

#790 Postby HurricaneBill » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:33 pm

SPC now up to 77 tornado reports.
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#791 Postby EF-5bigj » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:33 pm

What bigger :eek: its getting more intense then :eek:
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#792 Postby CrazyC83 » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:33 pm

This is just...sickening. Major city with a violent tornado approaching.
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#793 Postby Dave » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:33 pm

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
932 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 927 PM CDT...A LARGE CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
HUDSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE
HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR
SNAPPED. VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAYMOND...ALDEN...CHASE...LYONS...GENESEO...SILICA AND FREDERICK.
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#794 Postby yzerfan » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:33 pm

Hudson, KS has a population of 129
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#795 Postby Texas Snowman » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:34 pm

apocalypt-flyer wrote:All of Wichita under Tornado Warning. Wow.


Should be a TORNADO EMERGENCY?!?
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#796 Postby Texas Snowman » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:34 pm

@reedtimmerTVN: Conway springs in the path of this large, potentially deadly tornado!
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#797 Postby Dave » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:35 pm

(10:34 PM) Spotters report tornado on ground north of Highway 160 and Highway 49 south of Conway Springs...

Conway Springs reporting power out in their town...
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#798 Postby RL3AO » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:35 pm

Its getting closer to the radar site and I can't how organized it is now.
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#799 Postby Texas Snowman » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:36 pm

Got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. Andover is coming to mind....



NWS: LARGE CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR HUDSON, KS, MOVING NE AT 60 MPH (927 PM CDT)
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#800 Postby Ntxw » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:36 pm

Tornado emergency for conway springs and likely southern suburbs of wichita next.
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