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WFUS52 KMLB 190950
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
550 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WALTON...FORT PIERCE INLET...WHITE
  CITY...SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT...PORT SAINT LUCIE...INDRIO...FORT
  PIERCE...

* UNTIL 630 AM EDT

* AT 544 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
WALTON...OR ABOUT NEAR STUART...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WALTON BY 555 AM EDT...
  PORT SAINT LUCIE AND PORT SAINT LUCIE RIVER PARK BY 600 AM EDT...
  SAINT LUCIE WEST...AND WHITE CITY BY 605 AM EDT...

TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE OFTEN WRAPPED IN
HEAVY RAIN AND ARE HARD TO SEE OR HEAR UNTIL THEY ARE VERY CLOSE. DO
NOT GET CAUGHT OFFGUARD!

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR
CLOSET AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR
BODY.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WATCH FOR THE POPPING OF
ELECTRIC LINES AND TRANSFORMERS OR LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF LOUD
RUMBLING AS THAT OF AN APPROACHING FREIGHT TRAIN.

LAT...LON 2726 8022 2732 8023 2734 8026 2727 8023
      2727 8029 2724 8029 2724 8030 2721 8029
      2720 8034 2731 8062 2755 8033 2750 8029
      2744 8027 2740 8025 2726 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0949Z 130DEG 30KT 2722 8027