Tornado Warning
Issued by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
500 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CENTRAL PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 456 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KNOB NOSTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

RECENT LOCAL STORM REPORTS: AT 420 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN HOLDEN.
AT 426 PM...LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL IN
SEDALIA.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEDALIA...LA MONTE...SMITHTON...HUGHESVILLE AND SEDALIA MEMORIAL
  ARPT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3889 9307 3867 9306 3868 9356 3887 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 269DEG 30KT 3878 9351

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

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