Tornado Warning

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WFUS54 KMOB 190057
TORMOB
ALC129-190145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0053.080419T0055Z-080419T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
755 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHATOM...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
FRUITDALE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FRUITDALE AND YELLOW PINE BY 810 PM CDT...
ESCATAWPA BY 815 PM CDT...
TIBBIE AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF CHATOM BY 830 PM CDT...
SEABOARD BY 835 PM CDT...
HAWTHORN...SUNFLOWER AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAGARVILLE BY 845 PM
CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3154 8801 3127 8797 3127 8798 3124 8796
3122 8844 3140 8844 3141 8846 3145 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 258DEG 29KT 3132 8857

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