Severe thunderstorm warning for Osage County, from the National Weather Service, Tulsa

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
901 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
  NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 945 PM CST

* AT 858 PM CST…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAINOLA TO 34 MILES WEST OF
  BURBANK…MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

  STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE…
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL…
  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH…

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE…
  GRAINOLA…FORAKER…SHIDLER…BURBANK…PEARSONIA…BIGHEART…
  HULAH AND PAWHUSKA.

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.

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