🌱 How Udall’s tragic 1955 tornado helped change tornado warnings forever

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• How Udall’s tragic 1955 tornado helped change tornado warnings forever

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Turning cloudy, with a high of 85 and low of 71 degrees.
• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 95, low: 60. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Cloudy and less humid, with a high of 76 and low of 61 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• How Wichita made history with tornado sirens, early radar (ksn.com) — Udall is remembered here for suffering Kansas’ deadliest tornado in May 1955, a tragedy that struck at night with no warning. The story explains how that disaster and later storms around Wichita spurred the creation of tornado sirens and early Doppler radar, innovations that still shape how severe weather is detected and warned across Kansas today.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Udall

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Monday June 15

• HS Drivers Ed Drive Time →
  Udall Elem Udall, KS 67146
  1:00 pm

Tuesday June 16

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Friday June 19

• All Offices Closed →
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Monday June 22

• MS VB Camp @ Douglass Sports Complex-- WSU Hosting
  Udall USD 463 Udall, KS 67146
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Wee Reads Storytime →
  Mulvane Public Library, 408 N 2nd Ave, Mulvane
  10:30 am
• Chat & Play Cafe →
  Mulvane Public Library, 408 N 2nd Ave, Mulvane
  11:00 am
• Field Trip: Derby Movie Theatre (61) - Winfield, KS 2026 →
  Winfield Recreation Commission, 624 College St, Winfield
  12:30 pm
• Toss Like A Boss Cornhole Tournament →
  High Park, 2801 E James St, Derby
  6:00 pm

Saturday June 13

• ACT Test Date (Not Given At MHS)
  Mulvane USD 263 Mulvane, KS 67110
• 2026 6th Annual Brick Street Bazaar →
  Go! Augusta, 618 State St, Augusta
  9:00 am
• Smokin' Sampler
  Derby Chamber of Commerce High Park
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores posted a job opening for Retail Customer Service Cashier in Belle Plaine. Apply here.
• Dillons Food Stores posted a job opening for Cashier in Mulvane. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Udall here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Derby

• Great Bend Bat Cats Off to a 5-1 Start - Ad Astra Radio (adastraradio.com)
• REMEMBER ROMEO by Imitating the Dog Will Embark on UK Tour (broadwayworld.com)
• Class Notes - Spring 2026 (wichita.edu)

Clearwater

• Kansas boy discovers 15-foot marine reptile fossil from 85 million years ago during geology field trip (nypost.com)
• Clearwater KS Real Estate & Homes For Sale (zillow.com)
• 6101 S Ellis Ave, Wichita, KS 67216 (zillow.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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