* * * * TORNADO WARNING - EAS ACTIVATION * * * * THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PORT SALERNO...PALM CITY...JUPITER ISLAND...HOBE SOUND... * UNTIL 815 AM EDT. * AT 728 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK...OR NEAR JUPITER...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF ROTATION WAS JUST SOUTH OF MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PALM BEACH COUNTY. THIS AREA OF ROTATION WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARDS MARTIN COUNTY. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOBE SOUND BEACH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 2696 8028 2717 8035 2718 8015 2716 8015 2703 8009 2697 8007 2697 8014 2695 8015 2695 8017 TIME...MOT...LOC 1129Z 163DEG 16KT 2697 8017
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:32:08 +0000
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