Q1: Are you in city traffic, or in a rural area?

Vehicle is in city traffic:

Tell the caller...

• Don't try to outrun the storm! Tornadoes can travel as fast as 60 mph and their direction of travel may be erratic. In such cases, you need to abandon your vehicle as soon as possible. Find a safe refuge such as a concrete building. Get inside, away from windows. Try to get under something sturdy.
• If an appropriate shelter is not available, lie flat in the nearest depression, such as a ditch, culvert, excavation, or ravine and cover your head with your hands. You are safer in a ditch than in your vehicle. Make sure you are not in a spot where your car can roll over you.
• Highway overpasses should not be used for shelter, except as a last resort! If you must use an overpass for shelter, pull your vehicle completely off the roadway. Wedge yourself up near the steel rafters where the dirt berm meets the road.

Vehicle is in a rural area:

Tell the caller...

• If the road and traffic volume permit, and if you are still a reasonable distance from the storm, try to drive out of the tornado's pathway.
• NOTE: If the caller says that either 1) the road options are too limited, or 2) the traffic volume is too heavy, or 3) they can't tell which way the tornado is moving, then give the caller the same advice as if the vehicle is in city traffic.