BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
625 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN NOXUBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
EASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…COLUMBUS AFB…COLUMBUS…
SOUTHERN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI…
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 625 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BETHEDEN…OR 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
OKTOC BY 635 PM CDT…
SESSUMS AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORD BY 645 PM CDT…
BENT OAK AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TIBBEE BY 655 PM CDT…
COLUMBUS AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAVERLY BY 705 PM CDT…
STEENS BY 715 PM CDT…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED… ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
HIGH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN TREES AND LARGE LIMBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS
DURING SUCH STRONG WINDS…AND BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF OLDER TREES.
