Severe Thunderstorm Warning, LeFlore and Pushmataha Counties in Southeastern Oklahoma, from National Weather Service in Tulsa

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
  SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 501 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF OCTAVIA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE…
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL…
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH…

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE…BIG
  CEDAR…HEAVENER…HOWE…MUSE…OCTAVIA…WHITESBORO AND WISTER.

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.

PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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