TORNADO WARNING FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE

TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2:45 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

AT 2:16 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF MURFREESBORO AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

MURFREESBORO BY 2:43 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