Friday, March 2, 2012

Tornado Warning (Tornado Indicated)- Pickens, Kentucky


SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
429 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

SCC073-077-022200-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120302T2200Z/
OCONEE SC-PICKENS SC-
429 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
PICKENS AND NORTHEASTERN OCONEE COUNTIES...

AT 427 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SALEM...OR 9 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF WALHALLA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

MOST AT RISK ARE THE AREAS FROM SALEM TO NEAR NINE TIMES TO 
PUMPKINTOWN. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT 
LIMITED TO ROCKY BOTTOM...PICKENS...AND DACUSVILLE. HAIL OF QUARTER 
TO GOLF BALL SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING AND PUT AS 
MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS YOU CAN. MOBILE HOMES 
SHOULD ABANDONED FOR A STURDIER SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SOUTH
CAROLINA.

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LAT...LON 3495 8306 3507 8277 3505 8274 3506 8271
      3507 8257 3505 8260 3503 8258 3501 8260
      3501 8254 3490 8251 3480 8296 3483 8304
      3490 8307
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 248DEG 34KT 3490 8296

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