Mississippi Tornado Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
229 PM CST FRI NOV 28 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAZLEHURST…
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 229 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ALLEN…OR
13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKHAVEN…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
GLANCY BY 245 PM CST…
WESSON BY 255 PM CST…
MARTINSVILLE BY 300 PM CST…
HAZLEHURST BY 305 PM CST…

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.

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.

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