To: chantal7
To: hole_n_one
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
847 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN KANSAS
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.
* AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALTAMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND EXTREME DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL TRACK BETWEEN SHERMAN AND FAULKER SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM...NEAR HALLOWELL AROUND 910 PM...AND NEAR COLUMBUS BEFORE 920 PM.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW!
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
273 posted on
05/08/2003 6:57:21 PM PDT by
Milwaukee_Guy
(Having France in NATO, is like taking an accordion deer hunting.......)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson