BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO
WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS
MO
550 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GERALD.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AROUND 545 PM
CDT...THERE WAS AN
UNCONFIRMED REPORT A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT
STERLING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED
INCLUDE...
GERALD
LESLIE
BEAUFORT
LYON
NOSER
MILL
UNION
VILLA RIDGE
MOSELLE
ROBERTSVILLE
GRAY SUMMIT
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.
MOVE
IMMEDIATELY TO A BASEMENT OR BELOW GROUND SHELTER. IF
UNDERGROUND
SHELTER IS NOT AVAILABLE...TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY
BUILDING OR HOME IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET
OR
HALLWAY. HIDE UNDER A MATRESS OR USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR
BODY.
THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
LAT...LON 3856 9136 3834 9136 3832 9081 3857 9080
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