Thursday, April 9, 2015

TORNADO WARNING WASHTENAW

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for Washtenaw County...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A  
  
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
  WASHTENAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN...  
  
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT  
      
* AT 658 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A  
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MANCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
  
  HAZARD...TORNADO.   
  
  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.   
  
  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT   
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.   
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE   
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY.   
  
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
  SALINE AND DEXTER AROUND 720 PM EDT.  
  ANN ARBOR AROUND 730 PM EDT.  
  YPSILANTI AND DIXBORO AROUND 735 PM EDT.  
  SALEM AROUND 740 PM EDT.  
  
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP...DELHI MILLS...HUDSON MILLS METROPARK...PLEASANT  
LAKE...WHITTAKER...BARTON HILLS AND BRIDGEWATER.  
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
  
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A  
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL  
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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