[PBARC] Tornado Warning

Fri, 16 May 2003 19:23:28 -0400

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WFUS54 KLZK 170020
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
720 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
  GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 805 PM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEOLA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF
  ARKADELPHIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LEOLA AROUND 730 PM CDT
  PRATTSVILLE AROUND 740 PM CDT
  SHERIDAN AROUND 750 PM CDT

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER.

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.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...HEAD INDOORS NOW. GO TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PUT AS MANY
WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE OUTDOORS AS YOU CAN. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES NOW. MOVE TO A STRONG BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF THERE
ARE NO BUILDINGS NEARBY...LIE IN A DITCH TO AVOID FLYING DEBRIS. BUT
BEWARE OF RISING WATER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.

LAT...LON 3412 9248 3399 9272 3412 9284 3449 9232
          3449 9222 3427 9222

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73,
Glenn