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2015 [KDDC] DODGE_CITY Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 4

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Storm Based Warning History

257 
WFUS53 KDDC 082341
TORDDC
KSC007-033-090015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0004.150408T2341Z-150409T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
641 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 640 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF AETNA...MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE CITY AROUND 710 PM CDT.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE
COUNTY

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN
ADDITIONAL TORNADO!  ACT NOW!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3708 9905 3718 9915 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 237DEG 29KT 3716 9900 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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162 
WWUS53 KDDC 082351
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
651 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSC033-090000-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150409T0015Z/
COMANCHE KS-

651 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3714 9898 3724 9900 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 237DEG 29KT 3721 9891 

$$

KSC007-090015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150409T0015Z/
BARBER KS-
651 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BARBER COUNTY...
    
AT 650 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF AETNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE CITY AROUND 710 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9898 3724 9900 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 237DEG 29KT 3721 9891 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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347 
WWUS53 KDDC 090002
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
702 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSC007-090015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150409T0015Z/
BARBER KS-
702 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BARBER COUNTY...
    
AT 701 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...LARGE DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS AND STORM CHASERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE CITY AROUND 715 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9898 3724 9900 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 237DEG 29KT 3723 9886 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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257 
WFUS53 KDDC 082341
TORDDC
KSC007-033-090015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0004.150408T2341Z-150409T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
641 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 640 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF AETNA...MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE CITY AROUND 710 PM CDT.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE
COUNTY

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN
ADDITIONAL TORNADO!  ACT NOW!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3708 9905 3718 9915 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 237DEG 29KT 3716 9900 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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162 
WWUS53 KDDC 082351
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
651 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSC033-090000-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150409T0015Z/
COMANCHE KS-

651 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3714 9898 3724 9900 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 237DEG 29KT 3721 9891 

$$

KSC007-090015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150409T0015Z/
BARBER KS-
651 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BARBER COUNTY...
    
AT 650 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF AETNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE CITY AROUND 710 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A
VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9898 3724 9900 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 237DEG 29KT 3721 9891 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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347 
WWUS53 KDDC 090002
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
702 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSC007-090015-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150409T0015Z/
BARBER KS-
702 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
BARBER COUNTY...
    
AT 701 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...LARGE DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS AND STORM CHASERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE CITY AROUND 715 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9898 3724 9900 3742 9887 3712 9847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 237DEG 29KT 3723 9886 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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