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WFUS51 KBOX 222159
TORBOX
MAC011-027-222245-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
559 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 556 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR NEW SALEM...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMHERST...AND WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. THERE HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMATION OF A TORNADO...
BUT ONE MAY TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME!
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUBBARDSTON...NEW SALEM...PETERSHAM AND WESTMINSTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! DO NOT WAIT TO SEE THE TORNADO. GO TO A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF IN A VEHICLE...A MOBILE HOME OR OUTDOORS...GET TO THE
CLOSEST SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 4252 7243 4256 7188 4239 7188 4247 7242
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 273DEG 28KT 4249 7235
JWD
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