WX-TOR - 8 Jan 1998

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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 00:05:07 -0600
From: Charley Kline <kline@UX2.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Tornado Warning -080005 (AUTOMATIC)

ZCZC DD+ 25584
WFUS1 KGSP 080604
TORGSP
SCC091-080645-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CAROLINA

...YORK COUNTY

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO MOVING INTO YORK COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MCCONNELS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. EXPECT THE
TORNADO TO PASS NEAR ROCK HILL BY 130 AM...THEN ON TO FORT MILL AREA
BY 145 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.

SAB

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