WX-TOR 8 Jan 1998

Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 00:51:48 -0600
From: Charley Kline <kline@UX2.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Tornado Warning -080051 (AUTOMATIC)

ZCZC DD+ 41946
WFUS1 KGSP 080650
TORGSP
NCC025-080730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
147 AM EST THU JAN 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

...CABARRUS COUNTY

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH THAT WILL
MOVE INTO CABARRUS COUNTY ALONG INTERSTATE 85...ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HARRISBURG. THE TORNADO WILL MOVE NORTHEAST PARALLEL
TO INTERSTATE 85 AS IT APPROACHES CONCORD AND KANNAPOLIS BY 230 AM.

PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A
DITCH.

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