[BNAWX] Tornado Warning

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WFUS54 KOHX 081843
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
143 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN ROBERTSON COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ADAMS...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING EAST
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ADAMS BY 205 PM CDT...
  CEDAR HILL BY 210 PM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF CONTAINING A ROTATING WALL CLOUD...AS WELL
AS STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND HAIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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 400 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3653 8675 3646 8721 3661 8718 3666 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 258DEG 36KT 3647 8733

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