TORAKQ
VAC053-161715-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0024.061116T1645Z-061116T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1145 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DINWIDDIE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA

* UNTIL 1215 PM EST

* AT 1143 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CHERRY
  HILL...OR ABOUT OVER MCKENNEY...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

* THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BUTTERWORTH...DEWITT AND ROCKY RUN BY 1150 AM EST...
  FIVE FORKS...DINWIDDIE...CENTER STAR AND CHURCH ROAD BY 1155 AM
  EST...
  PETERSBURG AIRPORT AND BURGESS BY NOON EST...

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 BATHROOM...CLOSET OR HALLWAY. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA.

LAT...LON 3698 7777 3690 7761 3716 7746 3721 7766

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CULLEN