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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1204 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST

* AT 1258 AM EST/1158 PM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEWANEE...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  BRIDGEPORT. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 60
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  JASPER...MONTEAGLE...SOUTH PITTSBURG...WHITWELL...ORME...HALETOWN
  (GUILD)...MARTIN SPRINGS...GRIFFITH CREEK AND POWELLS CROSSROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

&&

LAT...LON 3524 8586 3525 8581 3523 8577 3523 8574
      3525 8570 3529 8570 3533 8558 3523 8543
      3509 8539 3499 8547 3498 8562 3499 8588
      3518 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 249DEG 57KT 3512 8593

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