(11:40 a.m.) Tornado Warning for Clarke County

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March 25, 2009

Anonymous The Meridian Star Wed Mar 25, 2009, 12:11 PM CDT

From the National Weather Service:

...

Update:

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR EASTERN

CLARKE COUNTY...

AT 1202 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUE TO

TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS

STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF SYKES...OR 14 MILES EAST OF

QUITMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUITMAN...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DE SOTO...

OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUITMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

CRANDALL AND SYKES BY 1145 AM CDT...

9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNELL BY NOON CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 3223 8844 3194 8847 3186 8870 3202 8879

TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 243DEG 30KT 3198 8865

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