TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8:15 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

EASTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATLANTA...
SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

AT 7:37 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 24 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

ATLANTA BY 7:39 PM CDT
BLOOMBURG BY 7:47 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORK BENCH
OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STRUDY BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A
CLOSET. USE PILLOWS AND BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR A VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING. IF
NO BUILDING IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR
HANDS.

JACKSON