Tornado Warning until 3:45 PM Wednesday for Smith County

Published 3:16 pm Wednesday, March 30, 2016

By Staff Reports

 

Tornado WarningAlert:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS…

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 305 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADOWAS LOCATED NEAR EDOM…OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF TYLER…MOVING EASTAT 30 MPH.HAZARD…TORNADO.SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUTSHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS…AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREEDAMAGE IS LIKELY.



* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR…LINDALE AROUND 325 PM CDT.TYLER AROUND 345 PM CDT.OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE REDSPRINGS…CARROLL AND WINONA…AND POSSIBLY MOTORISTS ALONGINTERSTATE 20 !!TORNADO…RADAR INDICATEDHAIL…<.75IN

Instructions: TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS…IN A MOBILE HOME…OR IN A VEHICLE…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO…AS A LAST RESORT…EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT…OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT.