Weather

County,
Special Weather Statement issued May 20 at 4:59PM CDT by NWS
Effective: 4:59 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2013
Expires: 7 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2013

...BRIEF LANDSPOUT TORNADOES POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS/TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUDS ACROSS SOUTHERN STANTON, WESTERN
GRANT AND NORTHERN MORTON COUNTIES...
AT 4:50 PM...RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SIGHTED A POSSIBLE
LANDSPOUT TORNADO SOUTH OF MANTOR IN STANTON COUNTY. ALTHOUGH
TYPICALLY WEAKER AND SHORTER LIVED THAN TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH
ORGANIZED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...LANDSPOUT TORNADOES CAN STILL
CAUSE INJURY OR MINOR DAMAGE. LANDSPOUTS DEVELOP AS A SURFACE
FRONT OR WIND SHIFT LINE INTERACT WITH A TOWERING CUMULUS CLOUD OR
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM. LANDSPOUTS ARE NOT USUALLY ASSOCIATED
WITH A WALL CLOUD AND ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO DETECT WITH WEATHER
RADAR.
IF A LANDSPOUT IS SIGHTED...FIRST TAKE ANY NECESSARY TORNADO SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS...AND THEN REPORT THE LANDSPOUT ACTIVITY TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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