BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG
SC
209 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 WEST NORTH CAROLINA
...ROWAN COUNTY
WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO NEAR KANNAPOLIS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL ENTER ROWAN COUNTY 5
MILES EAST OF
LANDIS NEAR INTERSTATE 85...MOVE RAPDILY TO SALISBURY
BY 210 AM...THEN
ONTO SPENCER BY 220 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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