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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1124 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1118 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CASSODAY...MATFIELD GREEN...HAMILTON AND THRALL.

THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 AND 115.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND...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.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

SALINE KS-MCPHERSON KS-
1055 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
AT 1050 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SMOLAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION!
IMPACT...MAJOR HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED. MAJOR POWER OUTAGES IN PATH OF TORNADO HIGHLY LIKELY. SOME ROADS POSSIBLY BLOCKED BY TORNADO DEBRIS. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF VEHICLES LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SALINA...GYPSUM...NEW CAMBRIA AND SALINA AIRPORT.

BUTLER KS-
1104 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 1130
PM CDT...

AT 1059 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EL DORADO...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. EL DORADO COULD BE HIT BY THIS TORNADO!

IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT HOUSE AND BUILDING DAMAGE POSSIBLE. MOBILE HOMES COMPLETELY DESTROYED IF HIT. SOME TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. VEHICLES WILL LIKELY BE THROWN BY TORNADIC WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EL DORADO...CASSODAY...EL DORADO LAKE AND ROSALIA.

THURMAN, Iowa (AP) -- Officials say a small western Iowa community has been severely damaged by a possible tornado.

Fremont County Emergency Management Director Mike Crecelius told The Associated Press on Saturday that about 75 percent of the town of Thurman was destroyed.

He said there were no injuries and no deaths in the town of about 250 people.

Crecelius said the town was on lockdown Saturday night and wasn't letting anyone in. He said town officials and residents expect to start cleaning up on Sunday.