Too Close For Comfort

This new Tornado Warning covers an area very close to the Alabama border:

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
102 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST POINT…
NORTHEASTERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 102 PM CDT…THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MULDROW…OR
ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF STARKVILLE…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
WEST POINT BY 115 PM CDT…

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE…SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT…SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT…DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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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