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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
752 PM EDT MON MAY 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 749 PM EDT...SHRIFFS DEPUTIES REPORTED TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE POTENTIAL FOR A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IS EXPECTED TO BE HIGH IN
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

5 MILES WEST OF TAYLOR CREEK AT 800 PM EDT
NEAR FOUR SEASONS ESTATES AT 805 PM EDT

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

EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST UNFLOODED DITCH...
CULVERT...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A NEARBY TORNADO IN YOUR CAR.

LAT...LON 2725 8093 2746 8073 2722 8070 2710 8083

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CRISTALDI

Those ones down south are tornadoing here, but they are just funneling down and coming back up, nothing strong enough to anchor itself.

You stay safe there, you hear?

Nalora

There have been occasional Severe Thunderstorm Warnings this afternoon and then this Tornado Warning issues from the Melbourne NWS office at 7:52pm ET.

The upper level low in the Gulf has been a factor with today's seabreeze boundary interaction across the Florida peninsula. It is still thundering here now.

The storms are expected to weaken as we go through the night (as they often do)... but with the above mention, upper level features to the west of a very warm and humid air mass can aid in the development of thunderstorms.