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Short Fused Statement

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
423 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997

...TORNADO WARNING FOR MOREHOUSE PARISH UNTIL 515 PM...

AT 423 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR THE CITY OF BASTROP. LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT A TORNADO IS
ON THE GROUND JUST SOUTHEAST OF BASTROP. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL PASS NEAR THE TOWN OF
MER ROUGE BY 440 PM.

PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER NOW!

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