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UNIT 3: COMMUNICATING IN AN EMERGENCY<br />

Sample EAS Message:<br />

Job Aid 3.1<br />

Templates for Written <strong>Communication</strong>s (Continued)<br />

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CENTRAL CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO<br />

WARNING FOR LIBERTY COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT.<br />

AT 150 PM . . . DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN WESTERN<br />

LIBERTY COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF APPLE VALLEY. AT 205 PM . . . A TORNADO<br />

TOUCHED DOWN NEAR LEWISBURG IN STRAMFORD COUNTY CAUSING<br />

CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.<br />

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL REACH CENTRAL<br />

CITY AT ABOUT 215 PM.<br />

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE WHEN A TORNADO HITS IS IN A BASEMENT UNDER A<br />

STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE SUCH AS A WORK BENCH. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A<br />

BASEMENT . . . GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOME SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR<br />

CLOSET.<br />

<strong>Effective</strong> <strong>Communication</strong> Page 3.24

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