Friday, May 8, 2009

Tornado Warning Clay County

Not for Cookeville....

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CELINA...
EASTERN MACON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 307 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RED BOILING
SPRINGS...OR 13 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CELINA BY 325 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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