The News Gets Worse…But No Fatalities So Far

From the Storm Track Forum:

Lets try this again shall we……………

I just hung up the phone with him. He is in Greensburg and reporting huge damage. His words were that the damage path could be up to 2 miles wide. He and Dick McGowan are in the process of rescuing people from their homes. They have said that there are not enough emergency personnel to help out all the victims. Their request is that if anyone is near the town to please stop and help the people. They are reporting dazed and confused people just roaming around. I could hear it in his voice that this is a terrible situation in Greensburg. Those people need help.

KSN Wichita is reporting people still trapped in a building in Greensburg. Law Enforcement is making arrangements to evacuate residents from the town. They report several seriously injured patients are being transported to the Pratt Medical Center.

So far no fatalities…which is incredible news.

This dangerous storm just struck Macksville, Kansas…and a report from KSN says that the town of Macksville has been hit…

Look at this hook echo…

The NWS Dodge City continues to issue some of the strongest wording I have ever seen in warnings…

WFUS53 KDDC 050422
TORDDC
KSC047-145-185-050500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0029.070505T0422Z-070505T0500Z/

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1122 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1120 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 3 MILES
SOUTH OF MACKSVILLE…MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
MACKSVILLE…
DILLWYN…
ST. JOHN…
RADIUM…
SEWARD…
RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN EDWARDS…SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND
STAFFORD COUNTIES.

MACKSVILLE…ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF TOWN…MAY TAKE
A DIRECT HIT FROM THIS VIOLENT TORNADO!! TAKE COVER NOW!!

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 193.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE!

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO…IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A
LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED!. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO…TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR OTHER
UNDERGROUND SHELTER AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT…LON 3786 9912 3786 9888 3823 9849 3825 9900

Here is a great link to streaming video from Wichita television station KSN

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