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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1150 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025
..TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR PLEVNA
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.
* AT 1150 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS
OBSERVED NEAR SYLVIA, OR 6 MILES EAST OF ZENITH, MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR PLEVNA. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
PLEVNA AROUND 1155 PM CDT.
ABBYVILLE AROUND 1200 AM 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 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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
LAT...LON 3811 9822 3793 9812 3786 9839 3794 9847
3795 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 237DEG 29KT 3792 9838
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
CUELLAR
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