THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWBURYPORT...* UNTIL 715 PM EDT*
AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEWBURY... OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF NEWBURYPORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... AMESBURY BY 700 PM EDT... NEWBURYPORT BY 705 PM EDT... SALISBURY BY 710 PM EDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER AWORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT ISAVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN ANINTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TOCOVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE ASUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THENEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDTSATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS ANDSOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.
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