Sunday, July 17, 2011

July 17: Tornado Warning (Confirmed Tornado)- Oakes, ND

(Weather Centre-Tracked Storm)


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DICKEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR BERLIN...OR 43 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN.
  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  IN ADDITION...HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
  VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FULLERTON AROUND 645 PM CDT.
  OAKES AROUND 715 PM CDT.
  GUELPH AROUND 720 PM CDT.

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.

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