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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
721 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENSBORO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
...DAVIE COUNTY...WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY
IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
...EASTERN YADKIN COUNTY
AT 719 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN MOCKSVILLE
AND THE YADKIN RIVER ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN FORSYTH AND DAVIDSON
COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED TORNADOS IN WESTERN DAVIDSON
COUNTY DURING THE PAST 45 MINUTES.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH
AND WILL AFFECT ADVANCE BY 725 PM...INTERSTATE 40 IN DAVIE COUNTY
BY 735 PM...WEST BEND IN FORSYTH COUNTY BY 745 PM...AND YADKIN
COUNTY FROM YADKINVILLE TO THE FORSYTH COUNTY BORDER BY 800 PM.
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A
DITCH.
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