TORNADO WARNING - BRANCH, HILLSDALE

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
954 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2017  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA  HAS ISSUED A  
  
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
  BRANCH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN...  
  NORTHWESTERN HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN...  
  
* UNTIL 1030 PM EST  
      
* AT 954 PM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM UNION CITY TO BRONSON TO  
  NEAR STURGIS, MOVING EAST 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.   
  
* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
  UNION CITY AROUND 1000 PM EST.   
  COLDWATER AROUND 1010 PM EST.   
  QUINCY AROUND 1020 PM EST.   
  LITCHFIELD AROUND 1025 PM EST.   
  HILLSDALE, JONESVILLE AND READING AROUND 1030 PM EST.   
  
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE TORNADIC STORMS INCLUDE MONTGOMERY,  
GIRARD, EAST GILEAD, CALIFORNIA, ALLEN, KINDERHOOK, BATAVIA, SOUTH  
BUTLER, LONG LAKE AND MATTESON LAKE.  
  
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.  
  
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND  
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE  
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST  
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.