BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
324 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN KEMPER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…LAUDERDALE…MERIDIAN STATION…
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 324 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MERIDIAN
NAVAL AIR STATION…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
LAUDERDALE BY 340 PM CST…
TAMOLA AND 7 MILES NORTH OF KEWANEE BY 345 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.
