BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1230 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI…
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI…
SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE…
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE…
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1231 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS…OR
NEAR SOUTHAVEN…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COLLIERVILLE AND GERMANTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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 STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER 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.
