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000 WFUS53 KIWX 050243 TORIWX INC039-085-099-141-050345- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0027.080805T0243Z-080805T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1043 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1145 PM EDT * AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS...OR 5 MILES WEST OF BREMEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... BREMEN... NAPPANEE... WARSAW... WINONA LAKE... BOURBON... MILFORD... THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THIS SEVERE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES...AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE. 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 4158 8635 4146 8567 4111 8569 4141 8643 TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 285DEG 34KT 4145 8623 $$