BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
930 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GRANT...BAREFOOT BAY NORTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROSELAND...FELLSMERE...BLUE CYPRESS LAKE * UNTIL 1015 AM EST
* AT 925 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
BLUE CYPRESS LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FELLSMERE BY 945 AM EST MICCO...BAREFOOT BAY...ROSELAND AND SEBASTIAN INLET RECREATION BY 955 AM EST 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 AS SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES! THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
Looking at radar (though I'm not quite the severe weather maniac the way I am with tropical wx) it looks like that well could be a "real" tornado.
Prayers for all those in the path of this storm.
Wow - are all tornado warning bulletins like that? If that message doesn't kick your butt into gear to prepare for this, I don't know if anything will.
Good grief... FoxNews had cut to some local station, interviewing some guy on the street. This guy said he'd lived in Florida for years and never seen anything like this. He goes off on "The politicians" and how they need to do something about global warming.
[sigh]
...oh, and he said something about how he was waiting for the government aid to arrive... he'd paid his taxes... time to get something... yadda yadda...
[sigh]