If you receive a warning and you are outdoors, lie flat on the ground in the lowest spot you can find and cover your head with your arms. Even a tornado's winds slow somewhat at ground level, because of friction with the ground, Mr. Carbin explains. If you lie low, you take advantage of that friction while presenting the wind with as little body surface to push against as possible. You also present a much smaller target for debris.
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Tornado checklist: What to do – and what myths to ignore
Here are six items severe-weather experts advise putting on your tornado-emergency checklist – along with four tornado-response myths to ignore.
Outdoors: Lie flat in the lowest spot you can find
