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#341 Postby InsulinJunkie » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:35 pm

CrazyC83 wrote:First tornado confirmation:

New Munster area tornado - EF3

The New Munster/Wheatland tornado was EF3, and now the NWS is listing one of the smaller tornadoes in the city of Kenosha proper as an EF1
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#342 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:43 pm

With plain old ordinary radar,can see nice hook just Northeast of Natchez. Cell has a TOR Warning
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#343 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:44 pm

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
321 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 321 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ROELLEN...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF DYERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.


* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DYER...RUTHERFORD...KENTON...GREENFIELD AND SHARON.



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How do you get such closeups of the radar?
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#344 Postby RL3AO » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:45 pm

Here Ed.

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#345 Postby RL3AO » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:46 pm

Ed Mahmoud wrote:How do you get such closeups of the radar?


It is a commercial software program.

http://www.grlevelx.com/
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#346 Postby Bunkertor » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:55 pm

RL3AO wrote:
Ed Mahmoud wrote:How do you get such closeups of the radar?


It is a commercial software program.

http://www.grlevelx.com/


But you have a trial period. I tested it in Nov/07.
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#347 Postby RL3AO » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:57 pm

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 10
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
355 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 355 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MERIDIAN
MISSISSIPPI. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 9...

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SUPERCELL HAS DEVELOP SWRN MS IN A FAVORABLE
SHEAR/INSTABILITY ENVIRONMENT. WITH THE AIR MASS NOW MODERATELY
UNSTABLE EWD TO AL BORDER...CONDITIONS FOR THIS STORM AND POSSIBLE
OTHER STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE NOW MOVING EWD INTO WRN MS
APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR BOTH SEVERE INCLUDING TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE
ENEWD ACROSS THE WATCH.
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#348 Postby CrazyC83 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:26 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
418 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

INC163-082230-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080108T2230Z/
VANDERBURGH IN-
418 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 414 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR KASSON AND NEAR DARMSTADT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT 419 PM AT CENTRAL HIGH
SCHOOL IN EVANSVILLE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DARMSTADT...
NISBET...MCCUTCHANVILLE...INGLEFIELD...EARLE...STACER AND DAYLIGHT.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3804 8748 3804 8746 3794 8747 3793 8754
3797 8759 3797 8761 3792 8763 3791 8770
3817 8769 3817 8747
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 231DEG 49KT 3805 8756

$$

Funnel cloud spotted in Evansville...
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#349 Postby CrazyC83 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:37 pm

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0034
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0403 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...MS/WRN TN/WRN KY/SRN INDIANA

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 9...

VALID 082203Z - 090000Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 9 CONTINUES.

SEVERE/TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES WITHIN AND JUST S OF WW. NEW WW HAS
BEEN ISSUED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SRN MS SE OF ONGOING WATCH.

BROKEN LINE OF STORMS CONTINUES MOVING ACROSS THE MS/LOWER OH
VALLEYS ATTM...FROM SRN IL/WRN KY SWD ACROSS WRN MS. OTHER STORMS
ARE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE ACROSS MS...WHERE 500 TO 1000
J/KG MIXED-LAYER CAPE IS INDICATED.

LOW-LEVEL VEERING/SHEAR REMAINS STRONG...SUPPORTIVE OF A CONTINUED
THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS/ISOLATED TORNADOES. THREAT SHOULD PERSIST FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS STORMS MOVE ENEWD ACROSS WW #0009 AND
NEWLY-ISSUED WW #0010.

..GOSS.. 01/08/2008


ATTN...WFO...LMK...OHX...BMX...HUN...PAH...MEG...JAN...

31709110 32299116 33039095 33899014 36158881 37818813
38288687 38298555 37998490 33778832 31818945
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#350 Postby CrazyC83 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:27 pm

Tornadic cell headed towards Owensboro...that place is no stranger to tornado hits...
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#351 Postby CrazyC83 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:28 pm

NW Chicagoland tornado: rated EF3

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
330 PM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

...BOONE AND MCHENRY COUNTY TORNADO...

A TORNADO STRUCK NORTHERN BOONE AND NORTHWEST MCHENRY COUNTIES MONDAY AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE TODAY. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF3 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 136 TO 165 MPH. THE TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 13.2 MILES AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF AROUND 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO STARTED AT 330 PM ABOUT 1.2 MILES NORTH OF POPLAR GROVE IN BOONE COUNTY AND ENDED AT 348 PM ABOUT 3.2 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HARVARD IN MCHENRY COUNTY. THERE WERE FOUR INJURIES IN BOONE COUNTY AND ONE IN MCHENRY COUNTY.

THE FIRST SIGNS OF DAMAGE WERE AT QUAIL TRAP ROAD JUST EAST OF POPLAR GROVE ROAD WHERE TREES WERE DAMAGED AND SECTIONS OF ROOFING WERE REMOVED FROM A SHED. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED TO EF2 INTENSITY AT EDWARDS APPLE ORCHARD ON CENTERVILLE ROAD. A LARGE BARN WAS DESTROYED AND OTHER BUILDINGS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED. LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. THE TORNADO REACHED ITS MAXIMUM INTENSITY OF EF3 AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CENTERVILLE ROAD AND BEAVERTON ROAD. A TWO STORY FARM HOUSE AND GARAGE WERE LEVELED AND LARGE TREES WERE STRIPPED OF ALL BRANCHES. THE TORNADO WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE THROUGH THIS AREA.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS STIMES ROAD AND EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE MCHENRY-BOONE COUNTY LINE NEAR HUNTER ROAD. MOST OF THE DAMAGE THROUGH THIS PART OF THE TORNADO PATH WAS EF1...THOUGH IT WEAKENED TO EF0 NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...BARNS...AND SHEDS. A FEW FARM HOUSES HAD SHINGLES OR SMALL SECTIONS OF ROOF DAMAGED.

THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED THE BOONE/MCHENRY COUNTY LINE AS A WEAK EF0 TORNADO WITH JUST MINOR TREE DAMAGE AT THIS POINT. IT CROSSED HUNTER ROAD AND CONTINUED TO TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS RYAN ROAD AS AN EF0 AND CAUSED MAINLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE. IT CROSSED WHITE OAKS ROAD THEN IT UPROOTED A HARDWOOD TREE AND SNAPPED OFF PINE TREES AT THEIR BASE ALONG MAXON ROAD. THIS DAMAGE CONTINUED TO BE EF0 DAMAGE WITH WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 75 AND 80 MPH. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED AS IT MOVED TOWARD THE TOWN OF LAWRENCE...WHERE IT PRODUCED THE WORST DAMAGE IN MCHENRY COUNTY. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE TOWN OF LAWRENCE...PARTICULARLY AT A HOUSE THAT HAD MORE THAN HALF OF ITS ROOF RIPPED OFF AND GARAGE BLOWN OUT.

THE TORNADO THEN MOVED ACROSS THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD WHERE IT BLEW 12 RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS OFF THE TRACK. THE TRAIN WAS MOVING AT THE TIME THE TORNADO HIT IT...SO AS THE MAIN ENGINE STOPPED...THE REMAINING CARS ON THE TRACK CONTINUED ALONG IT AND SLAMMED INTO THE FRONT PART OF THE TRAIN. THIS CAUSED A FEW MORE CARS TO DERAIL...INCLUDING ONE CONTAINING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF THE TOWN OF LAWRENCE. THE DAMAGE IN LAWRENCE WAS RATED AS EF2 WITH WINDS UP TO 110 MPH.

AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST OF LAWRENCE IT ONCE AGAIN STARTED TO WEAKEN WITH SOME TREE DAMAGE AND SHINGLES OFF OF A FEW HOUSES ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN. IT THEN RAN ALONG OAK GROVE ROAD FOR A STRETCH WHERE IT PRODUCED EF1 DAMAGE WITH A HARDWOOD TREE SNAPPED AT ITS BASE AND KNOCKED OVER AN OLD...WEAKLY STRUCTURED BARN WITH ESTIMATED WINDS AROUND 100 MPH. IT THEN HEADED ACROSS FARM FIELDS AND HEADED FOR HWY 14 WHERE IT DAMAGED A METAL BARN AND SHEARED A FEW TREES. AS IT CROSSED HIGHWAY 14 IT FLIPPED A SEMI-TRAILER AND INJURED THE DRIVER AT A TRUCK STOP WEIGH STATION. IT CONTINUED ACROSS OAK GROVE ROAD WHERE IT LIFTED. NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON UP TO THE WISCONSIN BORDER. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THE TORNADO IN MCHENRY COUNTY WAS AROUND 50 YARDS.

ALLSOPP/IZZI/HALBACH/WOJTOWICZ
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#352 Postby Category 5 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:35 pm

RL3AO wrote:Here Ed.

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Those look real serious.
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#353 Postby Category 5 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:37 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
527 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

KYC059-082345-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080108T2345Z/
DAVIESS KY-
527 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR DAVIESS
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...

AT 522 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PANTHER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OWENSBORO...MASONVILLE AND PHILPOT.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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#354 Postby Category 5 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:40 pm

Any damage reports from last night? Any tornadoes been rated yet?

Better yet, but against all hope, any photographs of the tornadoes?
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#355 Postby Bunkertor » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:42 pm

Category 5 wrote:Any damage reports from last night? Any tornadoes been rated yet?
Better yet, but against all hope, any photographs of the tornadoes?


Yes, here are 5 Galleries

http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
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#356 Postby Category 5 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:47 pm

TORNADO WARNING
MSC029-121-127-090015-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0002.080108T2338Z-080109T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
538 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN RANKIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STAR...
NORTHERN SIMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MENDENHALL...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 538 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO NEAR HARRISVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAR...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTH OF STAR BY 545 PM CST...
PINEY WOODS BY 550 PM CST...
CATO AND MENDENHALL BY 600 PM CST...
JOHNS AND 6 MILES NORTH OF MARTINVILLE BY 605 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3219 8976 3197 8971 3187 9019 3205 9025
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 254DEG 36KT 3198 9011
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#357 Postby Category 5 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:56 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
544 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

MSC121-127-090015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T0015Z/
RANKIN MS-SIMPSON MS-
544 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
SIMPSON AND SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTIES...

AT 544 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISVILLE...OR ABOUT 8
MILES SOUTH OF STAR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BRAXTON AND PINEY WOODS BY 550 PM CST...
D`LO AND MENDENHALL BY 555 PM CST...
CATO BY 600 PM CST...
PUCKETT...6 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNS AND 6 MILES NORTH OF MARTINVILLE
BY 605 PM CST...
PUCKETT BY 610 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER!
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3209 9007 3219 8976 3199 8971 3197 8972
3190 9008
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 254DEG 36KT 3199 9004
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#358 Postby Category 5 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:58 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
556 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

MSC121-127-090015-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T0015Z/
RANKIN MS-SIMPSON MS-
556 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
SIMPSON AND SOUTHEASTERN RANKIN COUNTIES...

AT 556 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRAXTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MENDENHALL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PUCKETT...JOHNS AND 7 MILES NORTH OF MARTINVILLE BY 605 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

LAT...LON 3210 9002 3219 8976 3197 8972 3194 8985
3195 8987 3193 8992 3193 8994 3191 8997
3193 9002
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 254DEG 36KT 3204 8990
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#359 Postby RL3AO » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:03 pm

Nice hook.

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#360 Postby Category 5 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:04 pm

Looks like it went dangerously close to Braxton.
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