Craig, Nowata Counties Tornado Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
853 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
  NORTHWESTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 851 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF CENTRALIA…MOVING
NORTHEAST   AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF
TORNADOES…AND MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY TIME. THE
CIRCULATION HAS TIGHTENED UP OVER THE PAST 10 MINUTES.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE…
  CENTRALIA AND CENTRAILIA.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR
NOWATA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM…TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO…THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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