Saturday, May 1, 2010

TORNADO WARNING FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE

TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2:00 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

NORTH CENTRAL MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

AT 1:40 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF SPRING HILL AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

THOMPSONS STATION BY 1:54 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