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2015 [KDDC] DODGE_CITY Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 56

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608 
WFUS53 KDDC 162352
TORDDC
KSC069-119-175-170030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0056.151116T2352Z-151117T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
552 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 551 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR KISMET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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...
  PLAINS AROUND 600 PM CST.
  MISSLER AROUND 610 PM CST.

* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR
  CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY.

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 3710 10075 3721 10086 3752 10050 3756 10023
      3750 10022 3748 10022 3748 10021 3735 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 226DEG 41KT 3720 10069 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

GERARD
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608 
WFUS53 KDDC 162352
TORDDC
KSC069-119-175-170030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0056.151116T2352Z-151117T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
552 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 551 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED VERY NEAR KISMET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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...
  PLAINS AROUND 600 PM CST.
  MISSLER AROUND 610 PM CST.

* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR
  CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY.

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 3710 10075 3721 10086 3752 10050 3756 10023
      3750 10022 3748 10022 3748 10021 3735 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 226DEG 41KT 3720 10069 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

GERARD

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