Tornado warning at home

Aug 07, 2008 14:56

Awesome. Not. See, my dad may be driving the company truck around in this, and I cannot reach him, even though I paged him and everything. This is the guy who had to run away from the June 9 1953 tornado in his truck. ARRGH!

Tornado Warning

TORNADO WARNING
MAC011-015-027-071930-
/O.NEW.KBOX.TO.W.0003.080807T1839Z-080807T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
239 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
CENTRAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AMHERST...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 236 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR NEW SALEM...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMHERST...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NEW SALEM BY 250 PM EDT...
PETERSHAM AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHILLIPSTON BY 330 PM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

ABANDON MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES AND GET TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.

LAT...LON 4256 7213 4237 7214 4237 7262 4261 7246
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 278DEG 9KT 4249 7237

$$

FRANK

Update:

Tornado Warning

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
253 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

MAC011-015-027-071930-
/O.CON.KBOX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080807T1930Z/
WORCESTER MA-FRANKLIN MA-HAMPSHIRE MA-
249 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND WEST CENTRAL WORCESTER
COUNTIES...

AT 242 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH TREE
TOPS BLOWN ONTO ROUTE 116 IN SUNDERLAND. AS OF 250 PM...THIS POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS NEAR NEAR LEVERETT MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHUTESBURY BY 315 PM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.

LAT...LON 4256 7213 4237 7214 4237 7262 4261 7246
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 278DEG 9KT 4249 7234

$$

FRANK
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