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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
635 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 715 AM CDT.
* AT 633 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TORNADIC STORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HARTVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF CABOOL TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF
GAINESVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 23 MPH.
* THESE TORNADIC STORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN OZARK...HOWELL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
TOWNS OF DORA...TECUMSEH AND UDALL.
ONE OF THESE SHORT LIVED TORNADOES LIKELY CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
IN AVA SHORTLY AFTER 6 AM.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 TO 80 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OZARK COUNTY.
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 3651 9234 3679 9221 3680 9210 3705 9209
3706 9212 3741 9211 3742 9166 3687 9166
3649 9169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1135Z 014DEG 20KT 3731 9240 3700 9215
3642 9240
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