Short Fused Warning

MSC007-015-097-030045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

...NORTHERN ATTALA COUNTY...CARROLL COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY

AT 646 PM DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAIDEN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH...AND WILL MOVE NEAR VAIDEN...KILMICHEL...AND THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PART OF ATTALA COUNTY.

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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