Tuesday, May 24, 2011

May 24: Tornado Warning (Developing Tornado)- Ponder, TX


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF RHOME...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  JUSTIN AND PONDER AROUND 745 PM CDT...
  CORRAL CITY...NORTHLAKE...MARSHALL CREEK AND 
ROANOKE AROUND 750 PM
  CDT...
  ARGYLE...BARTONVILLE AND KRUM AROUND 755 PM CDT...
  COPPER CANYON AROUND 800 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 468 AND 482...
I-35W BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 85...
I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 96.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM...CLOSET
...OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. COVER YOURSELF
WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR A
MATTRESS FOR PROTECTION.

EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES FOR A STORM SHELTER 
OR PERMANENT BUILDING. IF
NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE 
NEAREST DITCH AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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