000 WFUS54 KCRP 101902 TORCRP TXC409-101945- /O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0007.080310T1901Z-080310T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 201 PM CDT MON MAR 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 201 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ODEM...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SINTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ODEM BY 210 PM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAFT SOUTHWEST...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAFT AND 9 MILES WEST OF PORTLAND BY 245 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 2802 9729 2787 9732 2791 9762 2801 9766 TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 295DEG 10KT 2797 9760 $$