Severe thunderstorm for McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma, issued by National Weather Service, Shreveport, La.

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
607 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
  EAST CENTRAL MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA…
  NORTHWESTERN SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS…

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 606 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILLHAM…OR 11 MILES WEST OF DE
QUEEN…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* GILLHAM IS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED… ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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