tornado warning!!!! Including Berlin

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
654 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CALEDONIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST VERMONT...
NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL VERMONT...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.

* AT 648 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROXBURY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
BERLIN...WILLIAMSTOWN...BARRE...SOUTH BARRE...PLAINFIELD...EAST
MONTPELIER...PLAINFIELD...EAST ORANGE...MARSHFIELD...TOPSHAM...
RICKER STATE PARK...GROTON...

THIS TORNADIC STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...DAMAGING
WINDS...OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT
WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON.

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...VEHICLE...OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AS A LAST RESORT..LIE DOWN IN A LOW
LYING AREA AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.