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WWUS83 KMKC 151525 MKCSPSMKC SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WELCOME TO SELSKC...A WEBSITE COMMEMORATING ALL OPERATIONAL FORECAST UNITS LOCATED IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI DURING THE 1954 TO 1997 PERIOD WHEN THE SEVERE LOCAL STORMS OR SELS UNIT OPERATED FROM KANSAS CITY. MANY OF YOU WILL BE VISITING THE SITE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CONNECTION WITH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSKIN HEIGHTS TORNADO OF MAY 20TH 1957. YOU WILL FIND RUSKIN RELATED MATERIAL IN BOTH THE FORUM UNDER RUSKIN REMEMBERED AND IN THE FILING CABINET UNDER THE MY BIG DAY CATEGORY. AMONG THE WEATHER COMMUNITY WE ARE DECLARING THE WEEK OF MAY 14TH TO BE JOE AUDSLEY WEEK IN RECOGNITION OF JOES OUTSTANDING WORK ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 20TH. LIVES WERE SAVED EVEN AS LIVES WERE LOST THAT NIGHT BUT THE WORK OF JOE AUDSLEY .. HIS WEATHER BUREAU COWORKERS ... BROADCASTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL AS OTHERS RESULTED IN MANY LIVES SPARED DUE TO TIMELY WARNINGS. VISIT THE FORUM FOR JOES FIRST HAND ACCOUNT AND THE TRANSCRIPT OF ALL TELETYPE TRAFFIC THAT NIGHT AS WELL AS LINKS TO A 33 MINUTE WALT BODINE RADIO PROGRAM DONE SHORTLY AFTER THE EVENT AND AIRED ON WDAF RADIO. HUNDREDS OF METEOROLOGISTS, MET TECHS, ADMIN, COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER PERSONNEL SERVED IN THE KANSAS CITY OFFICE AND THIS SITE IS HERE TO RECORD AND DOCUMENT THEIR WORK AND THE IMPORTANT AND PIONEERING ROLE PLAYED BY THE KANSAS CITY FORECAST OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  The SELS/MESO staff in 1993
Name 'em and claim 'em photo by Brian Smith - names to follow after you've had a turn at remembering your coworkers
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- Joe Audsley's first-hand narrative of May 20th, 1957
- Walt Bodine's 1957 radio program Diary of a Disaster featuring Joe Audsley and Bob Babb of the US Weather Bureas. Two parts in three audio formats - 33 minutes total. Visit the SELSKC Forum then Ruskin Remembered then Voices from the Past
- Ruskin Teletype Traffic - navigate to the SELSKC Forum as above then Ruskin Remembered then Ruskin Teletype Traffic in three parts. Image from the original teletype roll shown in Part 2 of the sequence.
- Ruskin Memorial community site with personal recollections of the storm
- Kansas City Star's Ruskin 50th anniversary coverage
- The Walt Bodine Show on KCUR - May 14th, 2007 with guests Joe Audsley, Craolyn Brewer and Sandy Sexton. One hour by streaming audio.
- Interactive Track Map of the tornado - from the Kansas City Star.