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Short Fused Warning MC105-030130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 746 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...OKTIBBEHA COUNTY AT 743 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF STARKVILLE...OVER NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...AND THE CITY OF STARKVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 740 PM JUST NORTHWEST OF ACKERMAN...AND GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT FRENCH CAMP AT 735 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. Return to Tchula Case Study Page

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