Tornado Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 15, 1991, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)

Expired

May 15, 1991, 9:50 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Edwards County, KS

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
917 PM CDT WED MAY 15 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EDWARDS COUNTY
 
AT 915 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 25 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MULLINVILLE...ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER.  THE STORM IS MOVING ALONG
THE RIVER...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE KINSLEY AREA BY 940 PM CDT.
 
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELT-ER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
515 PM CDT WED MAY 15 1991

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 5 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN 15-MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY TO JUST
WEST OF GARDEN CITY TO 25 MILES EAST OF LIBERAL.  THE INDIVIDUAL
CELLS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THE AREA HAD SHOWED
LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE LAST HOUR.

BY 615 PM CDT THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE
SAME GENERAL LOCATION THAT IT HAS BEEN DURING THE LAST HOUR.  NO
SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

A TORNADO WATCH DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SYRACUSE TO LIBERAL...UNTIL 10 PM
CDT.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY AND BEn PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPIATE ACTION SHOULD
A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING BE ISSUED.

EKB

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