国家气象局预警：堪萨斯州11月2日午后至傍晚或现龙卷风
美国国家气象局托皮卡办公室11月2日凌晨发布预警称，11月2日星期一下午晚些时候至傍晚，堪萨斯州部分地区可能出现强对流天气，包括龙卷风，受影响地区包括 Topeka、Hutchinson 与 Salina 等地，风险最高的区域为堪萨斯州中部、东北部与远东部。
气象部门表示，随着一股强系统逼近，11月2日堪萨斯州中部与东部肯定会出现阵雨与雷阵雨，上午与下午早些时候先有几轮降雨，随后在锋面之前可能发展出强风暴，带来破坏性大风、强降雨与少数龙卷风；其示意图显示，一线雷暴约于11月2日晚9时经过包括 Topeka、Manhattan 与 Emporia 在内的地区。气象部门同时表示，全天云层与降雨可能限制风暴强度，但环境仍可能有利于破坏性阵风和一两场龙卷风。
托皮卡办公室气象学家 Jennifer Prieto 表示，肖尼县上一次在11月遭遇龙卷风还是1988年：当年11月15日一场 F-2 级龙卷风损坏了 Topeka 西南部107栋房屋与15家企业，造成22人受伤送医，无人死亡；再往前一次则是1970年11月8日的 F-2 级龙卷风。
（来源：美国国家气象局）
Weather Service Warns of Possible November Tornadoes in Kansas on Nov. 2
The National Weather Service office in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, warned early on November 2 that parts of Kansas could see severe weather, including tornadoes, during the late afternoon and evening of Monday, November 2. Areas affected include Topeka, Hutchinson and Salina, with the highest risk in central, northeast and far eastern Kansas.
Forecasters said showers and thunderstorms are certain in central and eastern Kansas as a strong system approaches, with a few rounds of rain in the morning and early afternoon followed by possible severe storms ahead of a front, bringing damaging wind gusts, heavy rainfall and a few tornadoes. A graphic posted by the office shows a line of thunderstorms passing about 9 p.m. through an area including Topeka, Manhattan and Emporia. The office added that cloud cover and rain could limit storm intensity, though the environment could still favor damaging gusts and a tornado or two.
Topeka office meteorologist Jennifer Prieto said Shawnee County last saw a November tornado in 1988, when an F-2 twister on November 15 damaged 107 homes and 15 businesses in southwest Topeka and injured 22 people, with no deaths; the one before that was an F-2 tornado on November 8, 1970.
(Source: National Weather Service)
来源：美国国家气象局
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图片来源：图：龙卷风景象。JasonWeingart 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A tornado. By JasonWeingart, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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