000 WFUS52 KMLB 191728 TORMLB FLC009-097-191800- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0020.080819T1728Z-080819T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 128 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALM BAY...MELBOURNE...MALABAR... GRANT...CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...BAREFOOT BAY... EAST CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... * UNTIL 200 PM EDT * AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MICCO...OR ABOUT NEAR SEBASTIAN INLET...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 38 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MALABAR BY 140 PM EDT... PALM BAY BY 145 PM EDT... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MELBOURNE BY 150 PM EDT... WEST MELBOURNE BY 155 PM EDT... CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP BY 200 PM EDT... THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! ACT NOW...SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES! IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF NECESSARY...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME OR RV FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GET INTO AN UNFLOODED DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS AND ARMS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE TORNADO IS NEARBY. LAT...LON 2787 8048 2792 8049 2794 8052 2786 8049 2782 8051 2782 8057 2809 8108 2830 8093 2808 8060 2794 8052 2795 8051 2803 8056 2806 8057 2803 8053 2786 8044 TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 124DEG 33KT 2790 8050