[BNAWX] Tornado Warning

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN DICKSON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  CENTRAL HUMPHREYS COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAVERLY...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW
  JOHNSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WAVERLY BY 515 PM CDT...
  MCEWEN BY 525 PM CDT...

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.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3625 8753 3604 8742 3587 8794 3604 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 246DEG 39KT 3597 8796

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JLM

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