Sunday, November 17, 2013

Tornadoes Hitting Midwest

Wow, in November?
From the National Weather Service: ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL GRUNDY...
WESTERN WILL AND NORTHWESTERN KANKAKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CST...
AT 1229 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WILMINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
         DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
         BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELWOOD AND SYMERTON AROUND 1235 PM CST.
  MANHATTAN AROUND 1240 PM CST.
  NEW LENOX AROUND 1245 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. 

http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=TornadoWarning
There is also a tornado heading toward Chicago at this time.

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