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Tornado Warning… Colbert/Lauderdale

| May 17, 2013 @ 3:14 pm

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
308 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…
NORTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 303 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR CHEROKEE…OR 10 MILES EAST OF IUKA…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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