Severe thunderstorm warning: Muskogee, Okmulgee, McIntosh Counties

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1228 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
  NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1225 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
  TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOFFMAN…
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE…COUNCIL
  HILL…CHECOTAH…RENTIESVILLE…BOYNTON…OKTAHA…HASKELL…
  KEEFETON AND TAFT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM…BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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