Weather Watch:  Tornado Safety

The safest places to survive a tornado is in an underground basement
or storm shelter, then in an interior room on the first floor away from
windows (closet, bathroom).  Do not seek shelter in a mobile home or
car.  Despite heavily publicized video footage, do not stay under a
highway overpass.  Not only will you block traffic, but new research
indicates your chances of surviving there decrease markedly because of
the channeling of the wind there.  If you are camping and a tornadic
thunderstorm threatens, find the best available shelter from flying
debris: get low and out of the wind and cover your head.  For more
information on tornadoes and tornado safety, see
<http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/>.

-David Schultz, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory