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WWUS53 KEAX 042106
SVSEAX
MOC165-042145-
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
404 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PLATTE
COUNTY...
AT 359 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LEAVENWORTH...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATCHISON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
DEARBORN BY 420 PM CDT.
EDGERTON...RIDGELY BY 425 PM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF TRACY AND CAMDEN POINT ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADIC STORM.
AT 404 PM CDT A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PLATTE CITY. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
NOW
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3953 9462 3940 9462 3927 9483 3933 9491
3942 9496 3952 9485
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