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243 NOUS43 KTOP 262055 PNSTOP KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-270900- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 355 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR MAY 25 VIOLENT TORNADO... .LONG TRACK VIOLENT TORNADO... RATING: EF-4 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 180 MPH PATH LENGTH: 26 MILES PATH WIDTH: APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: MAY 25 2016 START TIME: APPROXIMATELY 710 PM CDT START LOCATION: APPROXIMATELY 5 MI NW OF SOLOMON END DATE: MAY 25 2016 END TIME: APPROXIMATELY 840 PM CDT END LOCATION: APPROXIMATELY 3 MI SE CHAPMAN A LONG TRACK VIOLENT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AROUND 710 PM AND TRAVELED AROUND 26 MILES ON A CONTINUOUS PATH ACROSS DICKINSON COUNTY. THE TORNADO PASSED JUST SOUTH OF CHAPMAN WHERE THE WORST DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO A FARMSTEAD THAT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE TORNADO ENDED NEAR THE DICKINSON AND GEARY COUNTY LINE AROUND 840 PM. EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH* NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$