24 April 2010

High Risk Expanded- Large Tornado Hits Yazoo City Miss.

Posted by Dan Satterfield


Reports of cars blown off the road along Interstate 55 in Miss. Here is the warning from the NWS in Jackson, MS.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1245 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ATTALA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOSCIUSKO...
  WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN HOLMES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 1244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
  SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 20
  MILES WEST OF MCADAMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MCADAMS BY 100 PM CDT...
  HESTERVILLE AND KOSCIUSKO BY 105 PM CDT...
  POPLAR CREEK BY 120 PM CDT...
  CHESTER BY 135 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES THAT HAS
CREATED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND INJURIES! IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!