TORNADO EMERGENCY: HATTIESBURG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
510 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

MSC035-067-110000-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-130211T0000Z/
JONES MS-FORREST MS-
510 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
FORREST AND SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTIES...

...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR THE WARNED AREA...

AT 510 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAWLS SPRINGS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HATTIESBURG AND RAWLS SPRINGS BY 515 PM CST...
  PETAL BY 520 PM CST...
  EASTABUCHIE BY 525 PM CST...
  MACEDONIA BY 530 PM CST...
  OVETT BY 545 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. YOU
SHOULD ACTIVATE YOUR TORNADO ACTION PLAN AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION
NOW.

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LAT...LON 3129 8935 3135 8935 3135 8945 3165 8894
      3165 8893 3144 8894 3143 8895 3143 8913
      3135 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 245DEG 38KT 3132 8940

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