Tornado Touch Down going toward Memphis City Proper. Moving toward South Memphis at 45 miles per hour.
Update 4:23 pm CT: National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary
TORNADO WARNING ARC093-TNC075-097-167-022215- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0097.080502T2135Z-080502T2215Z/ BULLETIN –
EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 435 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR… CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS… NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE… LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE… NORTH CENTRAL TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE… * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 435 PM CDT…
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FULTON…OR 8 MILES EAST OF WILSON…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FT PILLOW…ASHPORT…RIPLEY…EDITH…NUTBUSH…HALLS AND FORKED DEER. .
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS A STORM SHELTER. IF NO STORM SHELTER 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. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY…CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT…LON 3591 8936 3588 8934 3581 8936 3576 8927 3574 8926 3545 8992 3565 9005 3582 8978 3593 8939 TIME…MOT…LOC 2135Z 236DEG 37KT 3560 8989
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Near of I-55, Parts of Mississippi County, Tornado is 6 miles west of Robinsonville. Tronadic activity to go just south of Memphis.
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…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
HENDERSON AND SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTIES…
AT 409 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARGERTON…OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON…MOVING EAST AT 52 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PARKER`S CROSS ROADS…WILDERSVILLE AND CLARKSBURG.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER 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 3602 8840 3575 8819 3563 8850 3564 8852
3561 8858 3562 8859 3577 8861 3586 8864
TIME…MOT…LOC 2109Z 256DEG 45KT 3575 8847
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