May 1: Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Rotation Detected)- Near Ranger, TX

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
746 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EASTLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHERN ERATH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  PALO PINTO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 746 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  NORTH OF RANGER...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

(The Weather Centre has detected some rotation with this storm.)

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POSSUM KINGDOM STATE PARK AROUND 755 AM
  GORDON AND HUCKABAY AROUND 800 AM
  MORGAN MILL AROUND 810 AM
  GRAFORD AROUND 815 AM

THIS WILL IMPACT I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 350 AND 388.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE...AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SUNDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900
AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.