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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
640 AM CDT TUE APR 16 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 AM CDT.
* AT 639 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LECOMPTON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSKALOOSA, PERRY, LECOMPTON, AND PERRY LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 AND 194.
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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3896 9543 3899 9550 3930 9545 3923 9521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1139Z 204DEG 40KT 3903 9544
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
GARGAN
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