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xmas74

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50. I'm sitting just a bit

Sat Apr 14, 2012, 11:40 PM

Apr 2012

southeast of KC. (I'm in an adjoining county.) Local news states that we'll begin seeing this weather after midnight and is almost pleading with us to be ready to take cover.

(I do mean pleading-I've heard the weather personnel using the word "please" numerous times.)

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Chiefly STAY SAFE! nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #1

First link isn't working n/t blaze Apr 2012 #2

Thanks! Fixed it. n/t FourScore Apr 2012 #3

Stay safe everyone!! nt blaze Apr 2012 #4

One poster at DK pointed out that Greenburg KS is vulnerable. FourScore Apr 2012 #5

Warnings out in Oklahoma and Kansas. appleannie1 Apr 2012 #6

The warnings are in a line from Woodward Oklahoma north east to Great Bend Kansas appleannie1 Apr 2012 #7

Do you mean a warning or a watch? Brickbat Apr 2012 #9

Apparently south of Great Bend it was a warning. DURHAM D Apr 2012 #11

Have been a watch, Warning now CBGLuthier Apr 2012 #14

Everyone, PLEASE be careful! (n/t) derby378 Apr 2012 #8

Also a warning sw of Des Moines, Iowa appleannie1 Apr 2012 #10

Tornado touchdown east of Rush Center, KS. n/t FourScore Apr 2012 #12

Just got off the phone with family in Reno Co (Central) Kansas DURHAM D Apr 2012 #13

Great post, DURHAM D! FourScore Apr 2012 #15

I forgot this bit - DURHAM D Apr 2012 #17

Hee, I LOL'd at your comment. Brickbat Apr 2012 #21

I read over at Daily Kos that the concert has been suspended. FourScore Apr 2012 #42

Spotter Network Here: WillyT Apr 2012 #16

Wow! That's a great site! n/t FourScore Apr 2012 #18

Wow - that is scary. DURHAM D Apr 2012 #19

My God - they are everywhere. DURHAM D Apr 2012 #20

They Have To Be... WillyT Apr 2012 #22

I was speaking of tornadoes not spotters - guess they are both everywhere. DURHAM D Apr 2012 #24

best wishes for everyone's safety! n/t RainDog Apr 2012 #23

Check These Tweets Out... WillyT Apr 2012 #25

Pic from Crawford KS FourScore Apr 2012 #28

Frightening In Its Beauty... WillyT Apr 2012 #36

My home town (Salina) might get smacked SoCalDem Apr 2012 #26

Baseball-Sized Hail, 40 Tornadoes Reported As Dangerous Storms Slam Midwest - MSNBC WillyT Apr 2012 #27

Unbelievable!!! n/t FourScore Apr 2012 #30

A pic of a large wedge tornado -- enormous! FourScore Apr 2012 #29

Wow... WillyT Apr 2012 #31

I'm in Leavenworth KS tonight! Its stirring outside, no thunder or rain here yet! nt cecilfirefox Apr 2012 #32

Do you have a basement or inner room with no windows? FourScore Apr 2012 #33

Stay Safe !!! WillyT Apr 2012 #34

lol, we're just in the dining room now. I'm the only one here, I'll have an army of animals to try cecilfirefox Apr 2012 #37

Screenshot FourScore Apr 2012 #35

(((GOOD VIBES))) for all the folks in the path of these storms! Odin2005 Apr 2012 #38

3/4 mile tornado spotted in KS near Macksville. n/t FourScore Apr 2012 #39

"Per Weather Nation there have already been 73 FourScore Apr 2012 #40

Large wedge tornado hitting Wichita FourScore Apr 2012 #41

Twitter feed here. uppityperson Apr 2012 #43

"Confirmed tornado about to make its way into or very near downtown Wichita." FourScore Apr 2012 #44

I 35 S of ICT. And Tornado on ground near Haysville, heading toward Oaklawn. Possible threat to... uppityperson Apr 2012 #46

Reporting a large tornado on I-35 south of Wichita. n/t FourScore Apr 2012 #47

Towards Andover. In E Wichita, moving up Kansas turnpike to NE. SE side of Wichita. uppityperson Apr 2012 #48

Sirens in Salina. n/t FourScore Apr 2012 #51

I shut the feed and tv thing down. Can't watch. Been there, done that, got the fears uppityperson Apr 2012 #52

DAMN!! Apparently Greensburg got hit again. FourScore Apr 2012 #45

Be safe people please!! Left Coast2020 Apr 2012 #49

I'm sitting just a bit xmas74 Apr 2012 #50

latest update in Wichita FourScore Apr 2012 #53

Holy shit, STAY IN SHELTER people nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #54