...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY...
AT 414 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO TRACK A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO LOCATED NEAR SHIDLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER NOW!
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHIDLER AND FORAKER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KTSA/1104142116.wwus54.html , via http://kamala.cod.edu/svr/ [at the risk of berating the obvious, I won't be posting more of these warnings/statements -- just got this one cuz it's fairly close to pro_se's location, and illustrates how rapidly this situation has gone from no thunderstorms at all around/a bit over an hour ago to a 'very dangerous tornado' spotted on the ground]
Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty." from John Philpot Curran, Speech upon the Right of Election, 1790
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