BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
531 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN IREDELL COUNTY IN THE PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES EAST OF
LINCOLNTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE NORMAN...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
CORNELIUS AND DAVIDSON AROUND 555 PM EDT...
HUNTERSVILLE AROUND 600 PM EDT...
CROFT AROUND 605 PM EDT...
UNC CHARLOTTE AROUND 620 PM EDT...
LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND HARRISBURG AROUND 625 PM EDT...
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE
Tornado Warning
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
554 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
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CABARRUS NC-MECKLENBURG NC-
554 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MECKLENBURG AND WESTERN CABARRUS COUNTIES...
AT 553 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR HUNTERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNC CHARLOTTE...
MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND HARRISBURG BY 610 PM EDT...
TORNADOES IN THE CAROLINAS ARE OFTEN OBSCURED BY
RAIN...HAZE...TREES...AND TERRAIN. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO
BEFORE SEEKING SHELTER. BY THE TIME YOU SEE IT...IT MAY BE TOO LATE!
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.
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Sounds scary!
