Warnings

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
237 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
 NORTHWESTERN GILES COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
 NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
 SOUTHERN MAURY COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
 THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 236 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF
 MOUNT PLEASANT...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEBURG...AND MOVING
 NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT
 PLEASANT AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA BY 300 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.