Thursday, September 9, 2010

Tornado Warning

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BILLINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTH CENTRAL SLOPE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 416 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF MEDORA...OR 34 MILES NORTH OF
BOWMAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDORA.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FRYBURG AROUND 445 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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LAT...LON 4699 10354 4686 10326 4676 10323 4664 10323
4655 10352 4666 10373
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 224DEG 28KT 4669 10353

**This information should not be used to make life or death decisions.
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