Tornado Warning

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WFUS54 KMOB 151715
TORMOB
ALC053-FLC113-151800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0063.080515T1715Z-080515T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1215 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JAY...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF BREWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DIXONVILLE BY 1220 PM CDT...
ROCK HILL AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCLELLAN BY 1230 PM CDT...
ROBERTS BY 1235 PM CDT...
PARKER SPRINGS AND BOYKIN BY 1240 PM CDT...
US 29 AND CR 43 AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRADLEY BY 1245 PM CDT...
DIXIE BY 1250 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 300 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3122 8676 3121 8678 3120 8675 3111 8670
3101 8671 3088 8716 3096 8723 3127 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 237DEG 40KT 3097 8712

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