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Monday, July 25, 2011

July 25: Tornado Warning: Norfolk, VA


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS IN VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN CITY OF NORFOLK IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...
NORTHWESTERN CITY OF PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 821 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK NAVAL AIR STATION...AND
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NORFOLK NAVAL AIR STATION AND WILLOUGHBY SPIT AROUND 840 PM EDT.
WARDS CORNER AND OCEAN VIEW AROUND 850 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE... OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

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