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Rockwall County OEM
Tuesday April 3rd, 2012 :: 03:17 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Tornado Warning for Rockwall County until 4:00 pm. Seek shelter!

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN KAUFMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
SEAGOVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THERE IS ANOTHER STORM
WHICH MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO JUST EAST OF DALLAS...ALSO MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE TWO STORMS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND BOTH
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SEAGOVILLE AROUND 320 PM CDT...
BALCH SPRINGS AROUND 325 PM CDT...
MESQUITE AROUND 330 PM CDT...
FORNEY AND SUNNYVALE AROUND 335 PM CDT...
GARLAND AROUND 340 PM CDT...
HEATH...LAWRENCE AND ROWLETT AROUND 345 PM CDT...

THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-35E BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 61...
I-20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 473 AND 476...
I-30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND 66...
I-45 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 276 AND 284...
I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 24.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE UNDERGROUND OR 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.

Address/Location
Rockwall County OEM
972 T L Townsend Dr
Rockwall, TX 75087

Contact
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