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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
224 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

                 ...TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEY COMPLETED...

A DAMAGE SURVEY...BOTH BY GROUND AND AIR...OF THE MAY 8 TORNADOES 
WAS CONDUCTED BY TOPEKA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL TODAY. 

RESULTS OF THE SURVEY SHOW THAT NINE TORNADOES WERE CONFIRMED ACROSS 
THE TOPEKA NWS COUNTY WARNING AREA FOR THURSDAY MAY 8. THERE WERE NO 
DEATHS BUT FOUR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. BY COUNTY THE BREAKDOWN 
SHOWS ONE TORNADO EACH IN JEFFERSON, CLOUD, POTTAWATOMIE AND 
ANDERSON COUNTIES...TWO TORNADOES IN OSAGE COUNTY...AND THREE 
TORNADOS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.

IN ANDERSON COUNTY...AN 800 YARD WIDE F2 TORNADO HAD ABOUT A 15 MILE 
PATH FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLONY TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
KINCAID. PRELIMINARY REPORTS SHOW 3 INJURIES, SEVEN HOMES DESTROYED 
AND SEVERAL DAMAGED. 

IN DOUGLAS COUNTY...3 TORNADOES CONFIRMED...A BRIEF F0 TOUCHDOWN 
ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF GLOBE ALONG HIGHWAY 56. ABOUT 2 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF LONE STAR...AN F1 TORNADO PRODUCED A BRIEF DAMAGE 
PATH...WHILE AN F2 TORNADO HIT SOUTHWEST LAWRENCE FROM THE 27TH AND 
WAKARUSA AREA NORTH ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE. THE LAWRENCE TORNADO VARIED 
IN WIDTH FROM ABOUT 75 YARDS TO ABOUT 250 YARDS WITH ONE INJURY 
REPORTED AND 40 STRUCTURES DAMAGED...EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO 8 APARTMENT 
BUILDINGS. 

IN CLOUD COUNTY...A BRIEF F0 TORNADO HIT NEAR JAMESTOWN WITH NO 
DAMAGE REPORTED.

IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...A BRIEF F0 TORNADO HIT NEAR OZAWKIE WITH NO 
REPORTED DAMAGE.

IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY...A BRIEF F0 TORNADO HIT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
WAMEGO WITH NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

IN OSAGE COUNTY...TWO TORNADOES CONFIRMED...THE FIRST, AN F1, 
BEGAN ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF READING...CONTINUED NORTHEAST 6 MILES. 
THE SECOND, AN F3, BEGAN 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LYNDON AND 
CONTINUED FOR 25 MILES BEFORE ENDING ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF 
OVERBROOK. THE TORNADO PRODUCED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ACROSS IT'S TRACK 
WITH A WIDTH THAT VARIED FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE. 

GRAPHICAL MAPS, TORNADO PHOTOS, RADAR AND OTHER MAY 8 TORNADO DATA 
ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NWS TOPEKA WEB SITE AT: WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP

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