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WWUS52 KMLB 091812
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
212 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2024
FLC093-091830-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-241009T1830Z/
OKEECHOBEE FL-
212 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...
AT 212 PM EDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF OKEECHOBEE, MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES,
BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WHISPERING PINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A LARGE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE, TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE
TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 2716 8071 2721 8079 2720 8083 2714 8087
2717 8088 2716 8089 2717 8090 2719 8091
2720 8091 2744 8102 2747 8070 2728 8068
2713 8068 2713 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 171DEG 29KT 2738 8085
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
FEHLING
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