April 27: Tornado Warning- Bristol, TN

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME EASTERN HAWKINS COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
SULLIVAN COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE...
RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
CITY OF BRISTOL IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COLONIAL
HEIGHTS...OR NEAR KINGSPORT. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BRISTOL TN...BRISTOL VA...ABINGDON...LEBANON...CLEVELAND...TRI-CITY
AIRPORT...BLOOMINGDALE...HILTONS...BLOUNTVILLE...NICKELSVILLE...
COLLINGWOOD...BENHAMS...CASTLEWOOD...HANSONVILLE...HILANDER PARK...
HOLSTON...LINDELL...EMORY-MEADOW VIEW...GLADE SPRING AND ROSEDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.