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Tornado near Kansas City
KMBC ^
| May 8, 2002
| Brian Busby
Posted on 05/08/2002 5:13:47 PM PDT by codebreaker
Tornado headed towards Kansas City Airport.
All persons taking cover.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Kansas; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: airport; evacuated; kc; weather
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I've wondered all my life, and I'm finally gonna ask - why the heck isn't Kansas City in Kansas?
To: Senator Pardek
Some of it is, isn't it?
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posted on
05/08/2002 5:17:19 PM PDT
by
SwatTeam
To: codebreaker
To: Senator Pardek
a REALLY big tornado?????
To: Senator Pardek
It is. I live in it!
There's a Kansas City, KS and a Kansas City, MO.
To: codebreaker
Wx maps for KC look horrible. Good Luck folks!
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posted on
05/08/2002 5:17:53 PM PDT
by
AzJP
To: codebreaker
A Tornado in Kansas?
Quick - put the little dog in the basket and get on your bicycle and peddle as fast as you can Dorothy!
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posted on
05/08/2002 5:18:36 PM PDT
by
PokeyJoe
To: codebreaker
| Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service |
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...TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 701 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM DID PRODUCE A TORNADO IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY WITH RECENT FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS IN PLATTE COUNTY. LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. * THIS TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... KEARNEY BY 710 PM CDT. HOLT...PLATTSBURG BY 715 PM CDT. LATHROP BY 720 PM CDT. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3951 9462 3925 9461 3939 9422 3972 9424 |
To: codebreaker
Pratt, KS has a big tornado yesterday.
Crowley County (Arkansas City) near Wichita, KS has a tornado warning now.
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posted on
05/08/2002 5:20:57 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: codebreaker
As a trained Storm Spotter and Skywarn Coordinator, I can only say...
Holy Crap!
Hit the basements, fellers!
Tony
To: codebreaker
Why do tornadoes always take the highways?
To: codebreaker
Tornado touched down in Leavenworth/Lansing area. Local TV reporting roof off the KMart. My wife wondering if they'll have a sale.
To: PokeyJoe
Dear Aunt Em:
Hate you. Hate Kansas.
Taking the dog.
Dorothy
To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Why do tornadoes always take the highways?
Well, duh!!!! The backroads don't have traffic signs.
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posted on
05/08/2002 5:31:03 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: TomGuy
The highways also run next to the trailer parks.
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posted on
05/08/2002 5:32:45 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
To: centurion316
Attention KMart shoppers! We have a Blue Light special on what's left of our roof!
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posted on
05/08/2002 5:33:22 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
To: codebreaker
How did OBL pull this off?
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posted on
05/08/2002 5:35:42 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
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To: Poohbah
Um,,,I hate to be dumb but what is the tornado on that map above. Looks like rain to me. How can you tell there is a tornado?
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