Tornado warning continues till 10:15 eastern

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Tornado warning continues till 10:15 eastern

#1 Postby Josephine96 » Mon May 24, 2004 8:52 pm

TORNADO WARNING
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
826 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR JOHNSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 820 PM...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED 55 MPH WIND AND HAIL OF AN
UNDETERMINED SIZE NEAR LINWOOD IN SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY.

AT 822 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR EUDORA...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAWRENCE...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
DE SOTO BY 835 PM CDT.
GARDNER BY 840 PM CDT.
OLATHE...LENEXA BY 850 PM CDT.
OVERLAND PARK BY 900 PM CDT.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM'S PATH AND
TO SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3900 9512 3879 9504 3878 9468 3901 9467

$$

HUDSON
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