000 WFUS52 KMLB 191045 TORMLB FLC085-111-191145- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0016.080819T1045Z-080819T1145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 645 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STUART...PALM CITY...JENSEN BEACH... EASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WALTON...WHITE CITY...SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT...PORT SAINT LUCIE... * UNTIL 745 AM EDT * AT 639 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROCKY POINT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF STUART...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 33 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STUART AND PALM CITY BY 650 AM EDT... NORTH RIVER SHORES AND JENSEN BEACH BY 655 AM EDT... WALTON BY 700 AM EDT... PORT SAINT LUCIE BY 705 AM EDT... PORT SAINT LUCIE AND PORT SAINT LUCIE RIVER PARK BY 710 AM EDT... SAINT LUCIE WEST BY 715 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. LAT...LON 2706 8012 2722 8063 2752 8041 2741 8030 2734 8027 2736 8027 2737 8026 2731 8021 2719 8015 2717 8016 2717 8018 2716 8019 2715 8015 2708 8011 TIME...MOT...LOC 1045Z 123DEG 28KT 2719 8019