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Posted: **Fri May 02, 2008 10:23 am**

The National Weater SErvice today issued a severe tornado warning for Texas

TORNADO WARNING
TXC423-459-499-021445-
/O.NEW.KSHV.TO.W.0039.080502T1412Z-080502T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
912 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINEOLA...

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 908 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LINDALE...
OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF TYLER...MOVING EAST AT 44 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HAWKINS BY 930 AM CDT...
BIG SANDY BY 940 AM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3278 9501 3236 9500 3235 9548 3240 9552
3241 9552 3244 9556 3258 9563 3264 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 1412Z 250DEG 38KT 3248 9541

For More Information:
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwat ... %20Warning

P.S. Secure those MRE's and stock up on water.

Posted: **Fri May 02, 2008 10:34 am**

Sounds kind of like when I was in Dallas (Plano, really) two weeks ago. The last night I was there, there was a hellacious band of storms coming from the west - rain, hail, and a couple of twisters popping up on radar. They kept saying it was heading right for us but I must have gotten lucky and the storms went above and below me.

Posted: **Fri May 02, 2008 5:13 pm**

Hah, if my friend's wife hadn't gotten pinkeye, we'd have been in Dallas at the same time K. Went last weekend instead. Fogo de Chao is good shit, but too expensive.

Posted: **Fri May 02, 2008 11:10 pm**

BigMark wrote:Went last weekend instead. Fogo de Chao is good shit, but too expensive.

You're telling me! Thank goodness someone else was paying. That's a couple of cases of MREs for one person, at least.

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National Weather Service: 'Severe Tornado Warning for Texas'

National Weather Service: 'Severe Tornado Warning for Texas'