EF5 Tornado levels Greensburg Kansas.

[Category 5]

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1154 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007

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PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-
1154 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...



AT 1153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF ST. JOHN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

ONE OR MORE TORNADOES MAY EXIST WITH THIS STORM!! TAKE COVER NOW IN
SAINT JOHN!!

DESTRUCTIVE STAIGHT LINE WINDS SOUTH OF THE TRACK OF THE TORNADO
CAN BE EXPECTED OF 80 MPH OR HIGHER IN SAINT JOHN IF THE TORNADO
MISSES THE TOWN TO THE NORTH.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A
LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED!. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR OTHER
UNDERGROUND SHELTER AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY.

LAT...LON 3787 9901 3799 9901 3800 9903 3800 9907
3806 9904 3819 9901 3820 9899 3825 9899
3823 9849 3787 9887

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UMSCHEID

[MiamiensisWx]

The couplet may be starting a weakening trend. The cell is going outflow dominant. Unfortunately, this turn of events is likely too late for St. John.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1154 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007

KSC145-185-050500-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070505T0500Z/
PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-
1154 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...



AT 1153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF ST. JOHN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

ONE OR MORE TORNADOES MAY EXIST WITH THIS STORM!! TAKE COVER NOW IN
SAINT JOHN!!

DESTRUCTIVE STAIGHT LINE WINDS SOUTH OF THE TRACK OF THE TORNADO
CAN BE EXPECTED OF 80 MPH OR HIGHER IN SAINT JOHN IF THE TORNADO
MISSES THE TOWN TO THE NORTH.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A
LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED!. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR OTHER
UNDERGROUND SHELTER AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY.

LAT...LON 3787 9901 3799 9901 3800 9903 3800 9907
3806 9904 3819 9901 3820 9899 3825 9899
3823 9849 3787 9887

$$

UMSCHEID

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ddc/

[simplykristi]

No direct hit there but had 80-mile-an-hour winds.

[Category 5]

TWC reports possably a 2 mile wide damage path.

[simplykristi]

Homes destroyed in Macksville.

[Category 5]

The couplet may be starting a weakening trend.

I hope you're right

[Windy]

No direct hit there but had 80-mile-an-hour winds.

You (and your soruce, the TV station) don't know that. They're just reading what the NWS is writing. The NWS was speculating in their warning text, essentially saying "if Saint John doesn't get hit, they'll get the RFD, which is going to seriously muss your hair".

[simplykristi]

My bad... But that is what the station said. Things get chaotic during coverage like this.

[Category 5]

Dawn is going to bring a horrifying image.

[simplykristi]

Dawn is going to bring a horrifying image.

yup

[Category 5]

[simplykristi]

Half-mile wide damage path 7 miles SW of St. John, accoring to a storm spotter.

[simplykristi]

Is that a hook right at Larned??

[Windy]

Storm just split. Left-mover is racing off to the NW. Right-mover will likely now reorganize and re-intensify.

[Windy]

Is that a hook right at Larned??

No, that's just the left core split. It'll dump itself out and die an angry death. The right mover is the one to watch.

[Category 5]

TORNADO WARNING
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1204 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HUDSON...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF ST. JOHN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUDSON...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE!

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A
MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR STAFFORD COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3805 9887 3802 9866 3824 9848 3825 9884

$$

UMSCHEID

[simplykristi]

Not good.

[simplykristi]

Is that a hook right at Larned??

No, that's just the left core split. It'll dump itself out and die an angry death. The right mover is the one to watch.

OK That looked suspicious.

[simplykristi]

The downtown of Greensburg is destroyed.

[Category 5]

The downtown of Greensburg is destroyed.

Not suprised

Hate to say, but when the sun comes up.....