SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
KANSAS CITY MO

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.

MOST OF THIS SITE WILL BE VIEWABLE BY ALL VISITORS HOWEVER POSTING ACCESS IN THE FORUM IS RESTRICTED TO REGISTERED USERS IN ORDER TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON THE CORE TOPIC AND CONTROL EXTRANEOUS POSTS AND ADVERTISING SPAM. THE /BREAK ROOM/ SECTION OF THE FORUM CAN ONLY BE VIEWED BY REGISTERED MEMBERS.

WELCOME - CHECK BACK REGULARLY AND MOST OF ALL TAKE PART BY CONTRIBUTING YOUR OWN RECOLLECTIONS...IMAGES AND FILES.

RJW
15 MAY 07
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