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WFUS54 KMEG 232259
TORMEG
MSC071-161-232345-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0024.151223T2259Z-151223T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
459 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTH CENTRAL YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 459 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING 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...
WATER VALLEY AND SPRINGDALE AROUND 510 PM CST.
HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST AROUND 520 PM CST.
OXFORD AROUND 525 PM CST.
DENMARK AROUND 530 PM CST.
CAMBRIDGE AROUND 535 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LAFAYETTE SPRINGS...BURT...ALTUS...KEEL...YOCONA...COLLEGE HILL
STATION AND TAYLOR.
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 A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...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 3413 8973 3432 8972 3452 8931 3449 8925
3429 8925
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 238DEG 47KT 3420 8979
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN
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