Saturday, May 7, 2011

May 7: Tornado Warning- Terre Haute, IN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
840 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011

INC021-153-167-080115-
/O.CON.KIND.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110508T0115Z/
CLAY-SULLIVAN-VIGO-
840 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
SULLIVAN...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM EDT...

AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH. SPOTTERS ALSO RECENTLY REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD SOUTH
OF TERRE HAUTE.

IN ADDITION...AT 839 PM  HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
TERRE HAUTE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RILEY...PIMENTO...CORY...FARMERSBURG...HYMERA...CLAY CITY AND
  COALMONT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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