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291 NOUS43 KICT 152018 PNSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-160830- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 318 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... PRELIMINARY EF4 DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED NEAR KANOPOLIS LAKE IN ELLSWORTH COUNTY. THE ASSESSMENT TEAM IN CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN TRACKING TORNADO DAMAGE ACROSS THREE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE HAS BEEN NOTED NEAR KANOPOLIS LAKE WHERE A FARMSTEAD WAS DECIMATED...TREES WERE STRIPPED OF THE BARK AND THE ROADS WERE SCOURED. THIS AREA IS VERY RURAL AND FEW OTHER STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN HIT BY THE TORNADO. THEREFORE...THE RATING IS PRELIMINARY AS THE ASSESSMENT CONTINUES. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THIS INFORMATION IS NOT FINAL AND THE RATING MAY CHANGE WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION. THE OTHER DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS CONTINUE TO WORK ALONG THE TORNADO TRACKS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AS THE INFORMATION BEGINS TO FUNNEL INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...WE WILL BE ISSUING MORE STATEMENTS. $$