Short Fused Warning

MSC053-030000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
555 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

...HUMPHREYS COUNTY

AT 554 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SILVER CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH
AND WILL MOVE NEAR SILVER CITY AND MIDNIGHT BY 625 PM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE QUICKLY TO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
AVOID WINDOWS. LEAVE CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING.

 

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