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Dyer County Sheriff's Office
Wednesday December 23rd, 2015 :: 02:55 p.m. CST

Alert

Tornado Warning until 03:30PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN DYER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 253 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BLYTHEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... STEELE AND COOTER AROUND 305 PM CST. HELOISE AROUND 310 PM CST. CARUTHERSVILLE AROUND 315 PM CST. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CANADY...YARBRO...STUBTOWN...ARMOREL...HOLLAND...HERMONDALE... LENOX...TENNEMO...HUFFMAN AND HICKMAN. TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...<.75IN

* AFFECTED AREAS: DYER

Instructions:

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

Address/Location
Dyer County Sheriff's Office
401 East Cedar Street
Dyersburg, TN 38024

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 731-285-2802

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Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Warning

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