Breaking: Tornado warning for Hattiesburg Mississippi

[malaise]

Stay safe DUers

[Ian David]

1. LINK: Take shelter now! And if you have a Republican neighbor, ask them to run an errand for you.

Tornado warning for Hattiesburg Mississippi

000
WGUS74 KJAN 151601
FFSJAN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1059 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

MSC079-123-129-151700-
/O.CON.KJAN.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080515T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SMITH MS-SCOTT MS-LEAKE MS-
1059 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR
LEAKE...SCOTT AND SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 1051 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOMEWOOD...
PULASKI...FORKVILLE...LUDLOW...HARPERVILLE...HILLSBORO...STEELE...
PINEVILLE...BURNS...RALEIGH...MORTON AND FOREST

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3181 8965 3220 8967 3259 8974 3259 8933
3183 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 180DEG 0KT 3190 8947

$$

MRM

More:
http://www.weather.gov/view/national.php?prodtype=allwarnings

[Warpy]

2. It's not going to get any better

There's another major storm system moving through NM and that usually spells danger downstream in the lower midwest through the southeast.

When it's cold, clammy, and rainy here, it'll be bad there tomorrow.

[Breeze54]

3. Hagee will say it's their fault because they voted in a DEM!

:sarcasm:

[malaise]

4. Tornadoes on the ground in Alabama

Andalusia - near an elementary school. More warnings to the South and West of that area.

[uppityperson]

5. map

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/080515_rpts.html
TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF ANDALUSIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (MOB)

[Breeze54]

6. I hope they don't hurt anyone....

:(