Monday, May 23, 2011

May 23; Tornado Warning- Jamestown, NY


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 852 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLYMER...OR
  23 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   6 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN WEST...
   CLYMER...
   PANAMA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM 
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON
DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN
THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...
MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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