FYI: Northwest of Wichita, Kan., Tornado Warning, from the National Weather Service, Wichita, Kan.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
717 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

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RENO KS-MCPHERSON KS-HARVEY KS-
717 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN HARVEY…
SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON AND NORTHEASTERN RENO COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM
CST…

AT 714 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNDRIDGE…OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MCPHERSON…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS
SOUTHWEST OF THE HUTCHINSON AREA…AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO
AT ANY TIME!

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
  HESSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN WICHITA.

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