572  
WFUS51 KRNK 201500  
TORRNK  
WVC025-055-063-089-201520-  
/T.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0004.240320T1500Z-240320T1520Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TEST   
..TORNADO WARNING
 
TEST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA  
1100 AM EDT WED MAR 20 2024  
   
..THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY
 
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A  
 
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA...  
 
* UNTIL 1120 AM EDT  
 
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS IS A PRACTICE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED  
TO INITIATE THE WEST VIRGINIA STATEWIDE TORNADO DRILL. THERE IS NO  
SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE AND THE WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND  
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THIS TIME TO EITHER  
ACTIVATE OR REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY PLAN.  
 
* THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. LOCATIONS INCLUDE ALL CITIES AND COUNTIES  
IN WEST VIRGINIA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WHEN A REAL TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, A TORNADO HAS EITHER BEEN  
SPOTTED, OR DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR. WHEN  
A REAL TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, GET TO THE BASEMENT OR INTERIOR  
PORTION OF THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A BUILDING, PREFERABLY IN A SMALL ROOM  
SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET AS MANY  
WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE STRUCTURE.  
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE, LEAVE IT AND GET INTO A  
REINFORCED BUILDING OR HOME, IF POSSIBLE. IF THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE,  
SEEK SHELTER IN A LOW LYING AREA SUCH AS A DITCH OR RAVINE.  
 

 
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS MESSAGE.  
 
LAT...LON 3805 8027 3806 7996 3769 8030 3762 8022  
3757 8033 3750 8031 3737 8077 3743 8086  
3731 8091 3723 8123 3734 8136 3758 8119  
3759 8109 3771 8098 3768 8088 3782 8094  
3787 8075 3810 8088 3808 8071 3827 8043  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 240DEG 48KT 3788 8049  
 

 
 
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