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Tornado Warning
TORNADO WARNING
NYC059-103-111630-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1206 PM EDT MON AUG 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT...

* AT 1203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BAYVILLE...
OR NEAR OYSTER BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODBURY BY 1210 PM...
COLD SPRING HARBOR BY 1220 PM...
HUNTINGTON AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON STATION BY 1225
PM...
CENTERPORT AND NORTHPORT BY 1230 PM...

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.