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WFUS53 KDDC 190036  
TORDDC  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS  
736 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...  
CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...  
 
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 735 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED DANGEROUS TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEWIS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!  
 
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...BROADCAST MEDIA CONFIRMED TORNADO.  
 
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS  
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE  
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES,  
BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE  
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...  
LEWIS AROUND 740 PM CDT.  
GARFIELD AROUND 745 PM CDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TO REPEAT, A LARGE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY  
TORNADO IS ONGOING. 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 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 3792 9929 3794 9937 3817 9929 3809 9898  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 212DEG 21KT 3796 9931  
 
TORNADO...OBSERVED  
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN  
 
 
 
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