NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge Mon Aug 29 359 AM CDT Tornado Warning

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
359 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...BAY ST.
  LOUIS
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 353 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PASS CHRISTIAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF LONG
  BEACH...MOVING WEST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WAVELAND AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF DIAMONDHEAD BY 405 AM CDT
  6 MILES NORTH OF PEARLINGTON BY 415 AM CDT

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3022 8958 3046 8968 3046 8968 3038 8934
      3032 8931 3025 8941 3019 8941 3024 8917
      3037 8930 3033 8919 3033 8919 3033 8922
      3032 8924 3024 8912 3019 8939

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