BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 710 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 708 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PRODUCED A TORNADO EARLIER...WAS NOW LOCATED NEAR OBION...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 652 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN ELBRIDGE. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO STORM SHELTER 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 00:11:41 +0000
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