BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
427 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014  
  
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A  
  
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...  
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SIMMS...NEW BOSTON...  
  
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT  
  
* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED A  
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SIMMS...  
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  
  
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAUD  
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
  
A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE  
STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO  
DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...  
MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM  
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.  
  
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 HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO  
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  
  
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A  
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE  
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.  
  

  
  
LAT...LON 3359 9446 3342 9424 3327 9441 3328 9442  
      3329 9448 3328 9449 3328 9451 3327 9454  
      3327 9456 3339 9468  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 226DEG 44KT 3340 9452