Zoals Ben Lankamp al eerder aangaf, is er vandaag een serieuze kans op zwaar weer in het centrale deel van de VS. Inmiddels zijn er al meerdere tornado alarmen uitgegeven voor de buien op de dryline en ook zijn er al een paar tornado's in Missouri waargenomen.
Opmerkelijk en enigszins verontrustend is de bui die momenteel op Kansas City (grensstad Kansas en Missouri) afkomt. In en rondom deze stad wonen meer dan een half miljoen mensen...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
* UNTIL 230 PM CST
* AT 156 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHAWNEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KANSAS CITY BY 205 PM CST.
RIVERSIDE AND PARKVILLE BY 210 PM CST.
HOUSTON LAKE...LAKE WAUKOMIS AND PLATTE WOODS BY 215 PM CST.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO
BASEBALL SIZE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM FROM BONNER
SPRINGS TO KANSAS CITY KANSAS TO RIVERSIDE.
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!
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 3907 9494 3897 9488 3910 9455 3926 9466
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