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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
456 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY...NORTHEASTBENTON
COUNTY...SOUTHERN HARDEMAN COUNTY...AND MCNAIRY COUNTY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  MCNAIRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 545 PM CST
    
* AT 454 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS
  OBSERVED NEAR CANAAN...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF RIPLEY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

  THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY...NORTHEAST
BENTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN HARDEMAN COUNTY...AND MCNAIRY COUNTY. TAKE
COVER NOW. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
           HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BIG HILL POND STATE PARK AND POCAHONTAS AROUND 510 PM CST.
  SELMER AROUND 525 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CYPRESS...CHALYBEATE...BETHEL SPRINGS...CAFFEY...FORTY FORKS...
BROWNFIELD...OLD LAWTON...NEW CANAAN...RAMER AND BRODY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3486 8906 3496 8913 3525 8873 3525 8872
      3537 8856 3512 8837 3509 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 237DEG 55KT 3495 8904 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...2.00IN

$$