Tornado Warning for Andover

Almost eighteen years to the hour, the area that experienced the 1991 F5 tornado is under the gun again.

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WFUS53 KICT 262031
TORICT
KSC015-173-262115-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0017.090426T2031Z-090426T2115Z/

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
331 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.

* AT 330 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENTON…OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DOWNTOWN WICHITA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
ANDOVER…AUGUSTA…BENTON…EL DORADO…POTWIN…TOWANDA…EL
DORADO LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

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LAT…LON 3757 9720 3788 9722 3808 9686 3802 9664
3779 9669
TIME…MOT…LOC 2031Z 215DEG 45KT 3777 9716

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